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Winds From Zero

9.5 average rating
9.5
Japanese / 111 MIN. / 2007

The Genres

The Synopsis

On April 9, 2000, Suzuki Kyoko receives a phone call from the police. She learns that her 19-year-old son and his friend were killed by a drunk driver while walking along a bridge in Zama. Suzuki Kyoko lost her husband to cancer five years earlier and her world crashes down. The drunk driver was given the maximum sentence at the time 5 1/2 years. Suzuki Kyoko then spearheads a movement to increase the penalty for reckless driving. She also enrolls at Waseda University where her son died just a week after his entrance ceremony. Suzuki Kyoko also starts an exhibit to honor the victims of reckless driving.

The Cast

Yoshiko TanakaTaiyo SugiuraYoshihiko HakamadaHitomi SatoDaikichi SugawaraHiroko Nakajima

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