is a 2011 Japanese film. It is based on the novel ''Hankyū Densha'' by

Hiro Arikawa is a female Japanese light novelist from Kōchi, Japan. Biography Arikawa was born on June 9, 1972, in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. She won the tenth annual Dengeki Novel Prize for new writers for ''Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious' ...

and directed by Yoshishige Miyake. It was released in cinemas in the

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of Japan on April 23, 2011, and then in other regions of the country from April 29. The stage for the story is the commuter railway

Hankyū Imazu Line The is a 9.3 km long commuter rail line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan owned and operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It is the longest of three branchlines of the Hankyu Kobe Line. The line connects the cities of Nishino ...

Hyōgo Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...

, Japan.

Cast

Miki Nakatani is a Japanese actress and singer who began her professional career as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club. Nakatani focused on acting after her departure from the band, making her debut on the popular television drama '' Under the Same R ...

as Shoko Takase, an office lady in her 30s. She was engaged to her boyfriend when she entered the company, but he was stolen away by a younger co-worker. *

Erika Toda is a Japanese actress. Career Toda has starred in many Japanese television dramas, including '' Liar Game'', '' Code Blue'', '' Ryusei no Kizuna'', and ''Keizoku 2: SPEC''. She has also had supporting roles in many other popular TV dramas, suc ...

as Misa Morioka, a college student with a good-for-nothing boyfriend. *

Kaho Minami is a Japanese actress active in film, television and commercials. Life and career Kaho Minami was born on January 20, 1964, in Amagasaki in Hyogo, Japan, and is of third-generation Korean descent. She graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Dra ...

as Yasue Ito *

Tetsuji Tamayama is a Japanese TV and film actor. He joined modeling competitions and was active in ''Checkmate'' and other fashion magazines. In 2001, Tamayama debuted in '' Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger'' as GaoSilver. He continued to star in more movies and TV dr ...

as Ryuta Toyama *

Nobuko Miyamoto is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese ...

as Tokie Hagiwara, a traditional old woman and the grandmother of Ami. The young Tokie was played by

Mei Kurokawa is a Japanese actress and singer. Her given name ''Mei'' originates from her birth month (May) in English. She has been frequently featured in many Japanese dramas and Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion films. Filmography Film * (2005) * ...

. *

Kasumi Arimura , is a Japanese actress. Her television roles have included the young Haruko Amano in the 2013 NHK asadora '' Amachan'' and the lead role in the 2017 asadora '' Hiyokko''. She has also appeared in several films, including '' Flying Colors'', for ...

as Etsuko Kadota *

Mana Ashida is a Japanese actress, '' talent'' and singer. Her first appearance was in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ''ABC Short Movie 2'', though she rose to prominence after acting in the television drama ''Mother''. She became the youngest lead star i ...

as Ami Hagiwara, Tokie's suffering granddaughter. Ashida was selected for this role because she is from

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, and is able to speak naturally in the

Kansai dialect The is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese, is the common name and it is called in technical terms. The dialects of Kyoto and Osaka are known as , and were particularly referred to as su ...

. * Mikahoa Mina as a housewife who is part of a circle of women who have a rich husband. *

Ryo Katsuji is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He graduated from the Horikoshi High School. Filmography Films *''Tales of the Unusual'' (2000), Ōishi Chikara *''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' (2001), Hitoshi Terawaki *''Yume Oikakete'' (2003), Junichi *'' ...

as Keiichi Kosaka * Yū Koyanagi as Katsuya *

Suzuka Morita is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was a 7th generation member of Hop Club and a 2nd generation member, number 11, of Idoling!!!. She is best known for playing Kotoha Hanaori/Shinken Yellow in the TV series ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenge ...

as Etsuko's friend *

Mitsuki Tanimura is a Japanese actress. Biography Tanimura was born in Sakai, Osaka. She starred in Akihiko Shiota's ''Canary'' and Norio Tsuruta's ''Orochi''. She has also appeared in films such as Takashi Miike's '' God's Puzzle'', Junji Sakamoto's '' Stra ...

as Miho Gondawara *

Saki Aibu is a Japanese actress. She is represented by Box Corporation. Filmography Drama *'' Water Boys'' (Fuji TV, 2003) as Atsumi Hayakawa *''Lion Sensei'' ( YTV, 2003) as Aya Onohara *''Itoshi Kimi e'' (Fuji TV, 2004) as Banri Agawa *''Gekidan Engimo ...

as Mayumi *

Tsutomu Takahashi , born on September 20, 1965, in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist, who is well known for his manga ''Jiraishin''. As of March 2006, he is married and has one child. His alias is Ichigo Nekota. History He began his involvement in manga wit ...

as Kengo

Film festival

This film was featured in the 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival in the "Peace" category.

References

External links

* * Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Yoshishige Miyake Films with screenplays by Yoshikazu Okada 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub ja:阪急電車 (小説)#映画