Hankyu Railways – A 15-minute Miracle
Overview
“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 ..
Details
Director
Yoshishige Miyake
Cast
Erika Toda, Kaho Minami, Kasumi Arimura, Mana Ashida, Miki Nakatani, Mitsuki Tanimura, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ryohei Suzuki, Tetsuji Tamayama, Yu Koyanagi
Genre
Comedy
Country
Japan
Release Year
2011
Runtime:
1h 59m
Budget:
118,799,256 USD
Release Date:
2011-04-29
Awards:
Awards, 2 nominations total
