I Wish

(2011)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 182 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2011

Runtime: 128 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Хирокадзу Корээда

Cast: 前田航基, 前田旺志郎, 大塚寧々, オダギリジョー, 林凌雅, Hoshinosuke Yoshinaga, 内田伽羅, Хасимото Канна, Rento Isobe, Масами Нагасава

Plot

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.

In Kagoshima, the boy Koichi lives with his mother Nozomi in the house of his grandparents. Koichi misses his younger brother Ryunosuke and his father Kenji, who live in Fukuoka, and he dreams of his family coming together again. One day, Koichi overhears that the energy released by two bullet trains passing by each other would grant wishes and he invites his two best friends, Tasuku and Makoto, to travel to the point of intersection of the two trains. Koichi also tells his plan to Ryunosuke that invites his three best friends to join him. Soon the seven children arrive to the meeting point in the journey of discoveries.