Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the narrative in a familiar setting, tracking an autumnal bus ride from a hot spring town through a mountain pass. When the jaunty bus unceremoniously breaks down, a bittersweet sadness overcomes the passengers as unexpected reunions take place, but nothing can be what it was before the war.

Cast

Michitarō Mizushima

Kiyotsugu Kino

Sachiko Mitani

Sachi Yanagita

Shinichi Himori

Fukuichi, masseur

Kyōko Akemi