Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
sibling relationship
brother
train
broken family
brother brother relationship
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Cast
Koki Maeda
Koichi Osako
Oshirō Maeda
Ryoonosuke Kinami
Nene Otsuka
Nozomi Osako
Joe Odagiri
Kenji Kinami
Kyara Uchida
Megumi Ariyoshi
Kanna Hashimoto
Kanna
Masami Nagasawa
Mimura
Hiroshi Abe
Mr. Sakagami
Yui Natsukawa
Kyoko Ariyoshi
Yoshio Harada
Wataru
Isao Hashizume
Shukichi
Kirin Kiki
Hideko
Crew
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Director
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Screenplay
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Editor
Yutaka Yamazaki
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
43 reviews
MopudPRO
8.0★ · 03/20/26
Bittersweet in the most gentle way
Bittersweet in the most gentle way
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Alexa_Argento
7.0★ · 03/28/26
“Are insects a profession?”
“Are insects a profession?”
Kenken
8.0★ · 01/31/26
This hurts but it's very light, Kore Eda has me in confusion with my feelings. A very great movie, that showcases the innocence of being a child and the burden to carry it.
This hurts but it's very light, Kore Eda has me in confusion with my feelings. A very great movie, that showcases the innocence of being a child and the burden to carry it.
yunjaejee
8.0★ · 11/23/25
고레에다 히로카즈의 시선으로 보는 세계가 정말 좋다.
고레에다 히로카즈의 시선으로 보는 세계가 정말 좋다.
caden
9.6★ · 08/25/25
there’s a moment in this where the two brothers are finally together and at the end of their conversation they are standing back to back and one of them says “time to go to bed.” and then the other responds “yeah.” and then they stay standing there with their backs against each other and don’t move or say anything else and i think that’a one of my favorite moments in a movie i’ve seen in a long time :) there hasn’t been or won’t ever be a filmmaker that works with children as well as kore-eda does. he’s the greatest to ever do it
there’s a moment in this where the two brothers are finally together and at the end of their conversation they are standing back to back and one of them says “time to go to bed.” and then the other responds “yeah.” and then they stay standing there with their backs against each other and don’t move or say anything else and i think that’a one of my favorite moments in a movie i’ve seen in a long time :) there hasn’t been or won’t ever be a filmmaker that works with children as well as kore-eda does. he’s the greatest to ever do it
