Soul Flower Train
Soul Flower Train (ソウル・フラワー・トレイン, Souru furawā torein) is a 2013 release Japanese drama movie starring , Mitsuru Hirata and Taro Suruga. Written by from the manga and directed by Hiroshi Nishio. The film was chosen for the Raindance Film Festival,[1] and won its director, Hiroshi Nishio, the best new director award at the Osaka Film Festival in 2013.
Plot[]
Amamoto (Mitsuru Hirata) is a recently retired Town Hall bureaucrat, who has not seen his daughter in many years. Following his retirement, he decides to go to Osaka to see her. Equipped only with a photo of her as a child, he meets random interesting people and encounters as part of his efforts.[2][3] The film examines the strength of bonds in family, even in strained circumstance, as well as the bonds that can form with strangers. [4]
Cast[]
References[]
- ^ "Soul Flower Train" Rain Dance Film Festival http://raindancefestival.org/films-2013/soul-flower-train/
- ^ "Soul Flower Train" http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/29/films/film-reviews/soul-flower-train/#.WVs5QUbwmpQ
- ^ "Soul Flower Train" Nippon Connection Film Festival - program 2016 http://2013.nipponconnection.com/program-detail/events/soul-flower-train-334.html
- ^ "Soul Flower Train" Rain Dance Film Festival http://raindancefestival.org/films-2013/soul-flower-train/
External links[]
- 2013 films
- Japanese films
- Japanese-language films
- Kadokawa Dwango franchises
- Manga adapted into films
- Enterbrain manga
- 2008 manga
- Seinen manga
- Japanese drama films
- 2010s Japanese film stubs