Toward the Wilderness

Toward the Wilderness

Morimura Tomomi is a housewife scorned by her husband and two sons, and yet she continues to protect the family. On her 46th birthday, she leaves home in disgust and embarks on a 1,200 km journey. It is Tomomi’s first time driving onto the highway and she speeds along to the west. On the road, she encounters a series of traumatising episodes. She detects her husband’s affair, is faced with a truck driver who mistakes her for a prostitute housewife, and finally her car gets stolen. While Tomomi is at a loss, a good-looking young man and an elderly person give her a ride, and she arrives in Nagasaki. As she meets various people in this town which was once transformed into a wasteland because of the atomic bomb, she becomes aware of a “wilderness” within her and starts to explore the path to rebirth

Creators and cast

Directors

Sounobu Yamauchi, Takayoshi Watanabe, Tomoya Kanazawa

Cast

Kyoka Suzuki, Tetta Sugimoto, Issey Takahashi, YOU, Goki Maeda, Tatsuomi Hamada

Studio

NHK, TELEPACK, NHK Enterprises