Departing Osaka Station at 0:00 (2006)
Overview
This film is about a train departing Osaka Station at midnight to an unknown destination. The people on this train all have some difficulties in their lives, and they end up on this train. Hanoko is suicidal, Yuka has caught her boyfriend with another woman, Michiru is aimless, Mr. Wakabayashi has just been fired, and one other man just lost his wife. They take the train to Kazumachi, a small village. They decide to stay and enter a small world of discovery about themselves, courtesy of the inhabitants of the village, all of whom are engaging.
Cast
Atsuko Sakurai
Hanako Takigawa
Tokunaga Hideaki
Hideji Ōtaki
Fumie Kashiyama
Sakae Umezu
Mami Kurosaka
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Tomoaki Ogura
Utae Shōji
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