One of the leading voices in the new Japanese cinema, Shinji Aoyama directs this saga about memory, grief, and redemption. Shot in stark black and white, the film opens with the sudden and inexplicably bloody hijacking of a bus in rural Kyushu. The crazed gunman (Riju Go) shoots two passengers in the back as they try to flee. Stepping out of the bus for some fresh air, the hijacker drags bus driver Makoto (played by the ubiquitous Koji Yakusho) along for cover.

Starring:

Aoi Miyazaki, Denden, Eimei Esumi, Gô Rijû, Kôji Yakusho, Ken Mitsuishi, Kimie Shingyôji, Machiko Ono, Sansei Shiomi, Sayuri Kokushô, Yôichirô Saitô, Yutaka Matsushige

Genre:

Drama