Going West: to the West

Going West: to the West (1997)

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...

Director: Kan Mukai
Writers: Kazuo Komizu, Akiko Kawase.

Casts

	Chikage Awashima as Ryu Sakuma:
	Mikio Osawa as Shota Mizukami
	Miki Fujitani as Ito Mirai
	So Yamamura as Shogo Kawahara
	Nijiko Kiyokawa as Kinue Kurata
	Akito Nakagaki as Hiroshi Sakuma:
	Hisaya Morishige as Neighbor Osamu
	Gin Maeda as Susumu Sakuma
	Tsurugi Miyuki as Michiko Sakuma
	Hiroko Hayashi as Nobuko Yoshii:
	Reika Mukae as Murakami Ritsuko

Crew