Hankyū Densha

This article is about the movie. For the railway, see Hankyu Railway.

Hankyū Densha (阪急電車 片道15分の奇跡, Hankyū densha katamichi 15-fun-no kiseki) is a 2011 Japanese film. It is based on the novel Hankyū Densha by Hiro Arikawa^[1] and directed by Yoshishige Miyake. It was released in cinemas in the Kansai region of Japan on April 23, 2011, and then in other regions of the country from April 29.

Hankyu Densha
movie poster
Directed by	Yoshishige Miyake
Written by	Yoshikazu Okada
Based on	"Hankyu Densha" by Hiro Arikawa
Starring	Miki Nakatani
Production companies	Cocoon Co., Ltd.
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	23 April 2011 (2011-04-23) (Kansai, Japan) 29 April 2011 (2011-04-29) (other regions of Japan)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The stage for the story is the commuter railway Hankyū Imazu Line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.^[2]

Cast

• Miki Nakatani 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.^[3]
• Erika Toda as Misa Morioka, a college student with a good-for-nothing boyfriend.^[3]
• Kaho Minami as Yasue Ito
• Tetsuji Tamayama as Ryuta Toyama
• Nobuko Miyamoto as Tokie Hagiwara, a traditional old woman and the grandmother of Ami.^[1] The young Tokie was played by Mei Kurokawa.
• Kasumi Arimura as Etsuko Kadota
• Mana Ashida as Ami Hagiwara, Tokie's suffering granddaughter.^[4] Ashida was selected for this role because she is from Nishinomiya, Hyogo, and is able to speak naturally in the Kansai dialect.^[1]
• Mikahoa Mina as a housewife who is part of a circle of women who have a rich husband.^[4]
• Ryo Katsuji as Keiichi Kosaka
• Yū Koyanagi as Katsuya
• Suzuka Morita as Etsuko's friend
• Mitsuki Tanimura as Miho Gondawara
• Saki Aibu as Mayumi
• Tsutomu Takahashi as Kengo

Film festival

This film was featured in the 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival in the "Peace" category.^[5]

References

1. "Mana Ashida joins "Hankyu Densha" cast". Sports Hochi. tokyograph. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
2. Ouellette, Kevin (11 February 2011). "Hankyu Densha". Nippon Cinema. Nippon Cinema. Archived from the original on 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
3. HPriest (5 August 2010). "Miki Nakatani stars in "Hankyu Densha" movie". Kawaii Joyuu. Kawaii Joyuu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
4. HPriest (22 February 2011). "Press conference held for "Hankyu Densha", starring Nakatani Miki and Toda Erika". Cinema Today, Mantan-Web. tokyohive. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
5. "Okinawa International Movie Festival Homepage". Okinawa International Movie Festival Execution Committee. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-04-11.

External links

• Official website
• Hankyū Densha at IMDb