Going West: to the West

Overview

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 18, 1997

Original language

English

Production

Toei Company,Mukai Productions

Cast

Akito Nakagaki,Nijiko Kiyokawa,Hisaya Morishige,Mikio Osawa,Sō Yamamura,Chikage Awashima,Gin Maeda,Tsurugi Miyuki,Hiroko Hayashi,Miki Fujitaniand 1 more

Director

Kan Mukai

Writer

Akiko Kawase,Kazuo Komizu

Producer

Saburo Naito,Yukiko Omagari,Yutaka Mashima

Cinematography

Shiro Suzuki

Music

Naoki Nishimura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6219616