THE LIFE AND TIMES OF RANDEN TOWN

嵐電の街 ひと模様

By Susumu SASAKI, Sakura YOSHITA, Jyun NONAKA

RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF IMAGE ARTS AND SCIENCES - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2013

This is why we must live life in all its fullness one moment at a time!

    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Susumu SASAKI, Sakura YOSHITA, Jyun NONAKA
    • Producer(s)
    • Masahiro ODA (Ritsumeikan University)
    • Synopsis
    • Randen Railway, with a history of more than 100 years in Kyoto, has alwasy looked after the people in Kyoto as it connects the people and the town. Randen railway has three events woven into this film. "Give and Take" shows the struggles and turmoil of Yuna Ichinose, a university student interested in the welfare and Kota Iseya, a volunteer as they work together as volunteers at senior citizens home. "Oh! Brother" tells the tale about a group of homeless and their friendship. While traveling on the Randen railway, three homeless men were ordered to leave their residences under the bridge by a city worker, Masaharu. "A Song for a Good-for-Nothing"l tells the story of the young college filmmakers who stumble upon the lonely death of an old man while filming their college graduation project. A movie of finding a path in life as they search for the family of the diseased old man and sorting the belongings.