Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle (2011)
"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko (Miki Nakatani), an office worker in her 30s who lost her boyfriend to a younger colleague. There's also a college student (Erika Toda) who is so easily persuaded by her no good boyfriend. Other commuters include a grandmother & granddaughter, a house wife, a female high school student, and a female otaku college student. Although the train ride takes only 15 minutes between two stations, the lives of these commuters are changed as they interact with each other...
Released: Apr 29, 2011
Runtime: 119 minutes
Stars: Miki Nakatani, Erika Toda, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kaho Minami, Tetsuji Tamayama, Ryo Katsuji
Crew: Yoshishige Miyake (Director), Yoshikazu Okada (Writer), Hiro Arikawa (Novel), Ryo Yoshimata (Original Music Composer), Hidetaka Ikeda (Director of Photography), Shinichi Fushima (Editor)