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Going West: to the West

1997 Directed by Kan Mukai

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...

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Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

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Ryu Sakuma:

Mikio Osawa

Mikio Osawa

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Shota Mizukami

Miki Fujitani

Miki Fujitani

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Ito Mirai

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

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Shogo Kawahara

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

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Kinue Kurata

Akito Nakagaki

Akito Nakagaki

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Hiroshi Sakuma:

Hisaya Morishige

Hisaya Morishige

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Neighbor Osamu

99 minutes

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