Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram (2019)

4.6/10 • 114 min • Drama

Overview

A writer from Kamakura named Hiraoka Eisei is researching supernatural stories but finds himself revisiting memories from a previous visit to his wife’s home town. Ogura Kako,a shy local woman, is asked to help an actor from Tokyo practice speaking with Kyoto intonation and, after the lesson, he asks her to show him around Arashiyama.

Cast

Arata Iura

Eisei Hiraoka

Ayaka Onishi

Kako Ogura

Satoko Abe

Tomako Hiraoka

Hiroto Kanai

Fuu Yoshida

Tamaki Kubose

Nanten Kitakado

Kenta Ishida

Shigosen Arimura

Ryushi Mizukami

Meguri Nagamine

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