In Tomoko's Case

In Tomoko's Case (1996)

Comedy

Tomoko Tamura, a second-year high school student living in a detached house in Miyahara-chō, Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture (now Kita Ward, Saitama City), goes on an overnight hot spring trip to Izu with eight of her classmates, four boys and four girls, to enjoy her last summer before their entrance exams. However, Tomoko cleverly gets off at a station along the way to buy some ekiben (boxed lunches), which causes her to miss the train and get separated from her friends. From there, a series of tragedies unfolds in this coming-of-age comedy. Based on the comic by Minako Fujino. Screening alongside the film is That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History? (starring Tatsuya Yamaguchi and Namie Amuro, directed by Hiroshi Sugawara) as a double feature theatrical release.

Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Writer: Yumiko Aoyagi

Casts

	Rie Tomosaka as Tomoko Tamura
	Chika Fujimura as Mie Takagi
	Chiharu Niiyama as Risa Igarashi
	Yukie Nakama as Sakiko Shimada
	Tsuyoshi Kimura as Taro Kobayashi
	Issey Takahashi as Tokio Okada
	Kouji Matsuyama as Makoto Ogasawara
	Tetsuya Koshino as Shinji Yamada
	Masahiko Nishimura as Michihiro Tamura
	Eri Fuse as Tamura Machiko
	Kôsuke Morita as Michio Tamura
	Toshikazu Fukawa as Hashida Station Staff, Shiba
	Toshihito Ito as Hashida Station Staff Mitsuzawa
	Shigemitsu Ogi as Maruki Station Master / Island Tourist
	Hidekazu Nagae as Maruki Station Staff Hoshino
	Yutaka Matsushige as Maruki Station Staff Fujii
	Narumi Kayashima as The lady selling octopus chopsticks
	Kitaro as Ropeway man
	Masato Hagiwara as Train attendant
	Wataru Takagi as The pretentious conductor
	Jun Miho as Matsubaya family, young proprietress
	Tomoko Hidaka as Geisha Fujiya
	Minako Fujino as Geisha Minako
	Yôko Nakajima as Waitress
	Yoko Yoshida as Nursery teacher
	Naomasa Musaka as Sawai (the fishing boat owner)
	Makiko Ota as Another Tomoko
	Hisako Hara as The lady on the train
	Sabu Kawahara as The man on the train
	Miki Matsumoto as Train lady

Crew