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Going Home (2004)

Going Home poster
Original title
帰郷
Directed by
Kōji Hagiuda
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man named Haruo returns to his hometown in Chiba for his mother's wedding. There he meets his old lover Miyuki and befriends her young daughter Chiharu, and they take a small trip together.

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What happens

『帰郷』(ききょう)は、萩生田宏治監督の日本映画。2004年公開。 千葉県の旧安房郡富浦町・旧安房郡白浜町、館山市で撮影された。 再婚する母親(吉行和子)の結婚式に出席するために帰省した主人公の晴男(西島秀俊)は、昔の恋人深雪(片岡礼子)と再会する。 彼女には小学生になる娘チハル(守山玲愛)がいた。晴男はチハルと小さな旅に出る。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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