Going West: to the West Poster

Going West: to the West

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Sakuma Ryu, who runs a liquor store alone in downtown Tokyo, ends up living with his eldest son and his wife after a small fire breaks out. His sons are always there to help, but Ryu, who has stubbornly lived alone since her husband's death, feels uncomfortable there, and frequently visits his tea-drinking buddy Kinue to vent his frustrations. However, Kinue's sudden death and a postcard inspire Ryu to set off on a solo trip in her husband's beloved Mini Cooper. Her destination is Matsuyama in Shikoku, where she spent her childhood and where her first love, for whom she harbored a faint crush, still lives. The Mini Cooper speeds smoothly between Gifu and Kyoto. But when Shota and a young couple from the future join Ryu in the Mini Cooper, things start to look ominous...

Featured Crew

Mitsuyoshi Nomura
Development Producer
Kan Mukai
Development Producer
Saburo Naito
Producer

Cast

Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima
Ryu Sakuma:
Mikio Osawa
Mikio Osawa
Shota Mizukami
Miki Fujitani
Miki Fujitani
Ito Mirai
So Yamamura
So Yamamura
Shogo Kawahara
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kinue Kurata

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