Winds From Zero
(2007)
★ 9.5 IMDb · 2 votes
Year: 2007
Runtime: 111 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 塩屋俊
Cast: 田中好子, 杉浦太陽, 袴田吉彦, 佐藤仁美, Дайкичи Сугавара, 中島ひろ子
Plot
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.