Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle

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Movie: Hankyu Train / Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
Romaji: Hankyu Densha
Japanese: 阪急電車　片道15分の奇跡
Director: Yoshishige Miyake
Writer: Hiro Arikawa (novel), Yoshikazu Okada
Producer: Yuki Tamura, Takako Oki
Cinematographer: Hidetaka Ikeda
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Award Winning / Award Winning-Drama / Award Winning-Romance / Train
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

"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 ...

Notes

Movie is based on the novel "Hankyu Densha" by Hiro Arikawa. Japanese literary magazine Da Vinci nominated "Hankyu Densha" as the best romantic novel for 2007.
Filming begins December 2010.

Cast



Miki Nakatani	Erika Toda	Nobuko Miyamoto	Kaho Minami	Tetsuji Tamayama
Shoko Takase	Misa Morioka	Tokie Hagiwara	Yasue Ito	Ryuta Toyama



Ryo Katsuji	Mitsuki Tanimura	Kasumi Arimura	Mana Ashida	Yu Koyanagi
Keiichi Kosaka	Miho Kentahara	Etsuko Kadota	Ami Hagiwara	Katsuya

Additional Cast Members:

Ryohei Suzuki - groom
Megumi Yasu - bride
Tsutomu Takahashi - Kengo
Ruka Takasu - Shoko
Saki Aibu - Mayumi
Ren Osugi - hotel manager
Suzuka Morita - Etsuko's friend
Mei Kurokawa - Etsuko's friend
Makoto Ashikawa
Nagisa Matsunaga
Rion Misaki

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Film Festivals

2011 (3rd) Okinawa International Movie Festival - March 18 - 27, 2011 - Peace Category
2011 (16th) Busan International Film Festival - October 6-14, 2011 - A Window on Asian Cinema *International Premiere

Awards

2011 (3rd) Okinawa International Movie Festival - March 18 - 27, 2011
- "Golden SHISA Award"
- "Peace Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix"
2011 (36th) Hochi Film Awards - November 29, 2011
- Best Supporting Actress (Nobuko Miyamoto)
2011 (54th) Blue Ribbon Awards - January 24, 2012
- Best Newcomer ("Mana Ashida")
2012 (7th) Osaka Cinema Festival - March 4, 2012
- Best New Director

Comments

Snow Sep 02 2015 12:40 am I went to Kwansei Gakuin as an exchange student back in 2012, i used to ride this train almost every day.

maneki hobbang Nov 11 2011 4:05 pm nakatani miki and miyatomo nobuko are amazing. the film contains nostalgia and hope for the future. it's touching because we have all experienced this type of kindness from strangers. overall, it's very realistic.

Claire Sep 05 2011 7:18 am I saw this by chance on Singapore Airlines flight from NZ, I live in France and so wish it would come here too.

With all the hundreds of films I could have watched, this was the most appealing and it didn't disappoint. A beautiful, touching, film.

vanderlene Aug 08 2011 9:40 am I would love to see this movie in the commercial cinema theaters in Brazil!!! Is there any chance?

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