OUR DEPARTURES

かぞくいろ―RAILWAYS わたしたちの出発―

By Yasuhiro YOSHIDA

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Drama - Completed 2018

After the death of her husband, a young woman follows her late husband’s childhood dream of becoming a train driver.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2018
A Window on Asian Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, Family
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Yasuhiro YOSHIDA
    • Synopsis
    • After her husband Shuhei suddenly dies, Aki (Arimura) and her 9-year-old stepson, Shunya (Ryusei Kiyama), travel to Shuhei’s hometown of Kagoshima to inform his father, Setsuo (Kunimura), of his passing. Setsuo is devastated by the news, given to him by a daughter-in-law whom he’s never met.

      Aki informs Setsuo that with Shuhei’s death, she and Shunya no longer have a home and convinces him to allow them to stay with him in Kagoshima.

      In need of income, Aki applies to become a train driver and finds a position with the Hisatsu Orange Railway where Setsuo works. Supported by people around her, she works hard to be a good mother and to excel in her new career. Grieving over their loss, Aki, Shunya and Setsuo have difficult days. But each of them are determined to work their hardest to become their version of a family.