

Riding the Metro
2006-10-21 · 121 min · ★ 6.9
Shinji (Shinichi Tsutsumi) steps out of a train station to find himself transported back to 1964.
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- Directors
- Tetsuo Shinohara
- Production companies
- Geneon Entertainment, TV Asahi, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Shochiku, dentsu, Dentsu Ad-Gear, LDH JAPAN, Micott & Basara K.K., IMAGICA, Destiny, Nikkatsu Studio
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shinichi TsutsumiShinji Hasebe
Takao OsawaSakichi Konuma
Aya OkamotoMichiko Karube
Takako TokiwaOtoki
Kengo Kora
Min Tanaka
Takashi Sasano
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Takahiro Hōjō
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