
Our Departures
Drama · Family
Overview
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
Top Cast


Kasumi Arimura
Kasumi Arimura
Akira Okuzono
Kasumi Arimura
Akira Okuzono


Jun Kunimura
Jun Kunimura
Setsuo Okuzono
Jun Kunimura
Setsuo Okuzono


Hitomi Miyauchi
Hitomi Miyauchi
Yuri Sasaki
Hitomi Miyauchi
Yuri Sasaki
Ryusei Kiyama
Ryusei Kiyama
Shunya Okuzono
Ryusei Kiyama
Shunya Okuzono


Houka Kinoshita
Houka Kinoshita
Masaki Aiba
Houka Kinoshita
Masaki Aiba


Mariko Tsutsui
Mariko Tsutsui
Yukie Kusunoki
Mariko Tsutsui
Yukie Kusunoki


Itsuji Itao
Itsuji Itao
Toru Mizushima
Itsuji Itao
Toru Mizushima


Munetaka Aoki
Munetaka Aoki
Shuhei Okuzono
Munetaka Aoki
Shuhei Okuzono


Kenji Mizuhashi
Kenji Mizuhashi
Yuri's Lover
Kenji Mizuhashi
Yuri's Lover


Toshihito Kokubo
Toshihito Kokubo
Nakaizumi Tamotsu
Toshihito Kokubo
Nakaizumi Tamotsu
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