With Love from Koshu Highway (2022)
Shinji Imaoka (Reiko and the Dolphins, Far Away, Further Away) of has directed this coming-of-age road movie about four people travelling the Koshu highway in a single car. Their number includes Lilico, an unsuccessful musician who has fallen out with her band members, Manami is mentally unstable because her boyfriend just dumped her, Taichi a former musician and freelancer, and his girlfriend Rumi, a bland girl who could be found anywhere. What lies at the end of their journey? A love confession.
Director:
Shinji Imaoka
Writer:
Futoshi Nakano
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Marina Arisato as Ririko |
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Riona Furuse as Manami |
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Endo Fumiya as Taichi |
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Hitomi Wada as Rumi |
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Akio Hirose as |
| Directing | Shinji Imaoka | Director |
| Writing | Futoshi Nakano | Screenplay |
| Camera | Hideo Yamamoto | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Taku Unami | Original Music Composer |