Groper Train: One Minute Before Departure (1985)
Kimiko, who came from the countryside, gets a job at a travel agency, but the manager she is introduced to is Yu, who was the person who molested her on the train. Feeling somewhat responsible, Yu teaches her the job and also gently guides her to become a more urban woman. Kimiko begins to have feelings for him, but is shocked to find out that Yu secretly loves Eri, the secretary to a client's president. Then, due to a certain incident, Kimiko ends up going to a hotel with that client's president, Chikamatsu...
Director:
Mototsugu Watanabe
Writers:
Masumi Hirayanagi, Shūji Kataoka.
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Aki Hayasaka as Kimiko Sugimoto |
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Usagi Asō as Eri |
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Saeko Fuji as Misa |
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Kyôko Akiyoshi as Maki |
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Mio Fuyuki as Child's mother |
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Lupin Suzuki as Takeguchi Masaru |
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Jimmy Tsuchida as Yamada |
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Yutaka Ikejima as Chikamatsu |
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Masahiro Kasai as Passenger |
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Mototsugu Watanabe as Passenger |
| Writing | Masumi Hirayanagi | Screenplay |
| Production | Kan Mukai | Producer |
| Camera | Toshio Shimura | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Shūji Kataoka | Screenplay |
| Directing | Mototsugu Watanabe | Director |
| Camera | Hiroshi Katayama | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Yukikazu Morikubo | Lighting Director |
| Lighting | Futoshi Sakamoto | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Editor |
| Directing | Masahiro Kasai | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Shizuko Takashima | Assistant Director |