Dog in a Sidecar

The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping out the folksy proprietor of a neighborhood fishing pond. There she meets a shy girl who needs her help baiting a hook and reminds her of herself in the fourth grade.

Director: Kichitaro Negishi

Cast: Yuko Takeuchi, Yūsuke Iseya, Arata Furuta, Kirin Kiki, Hana Matsumoto, Rie Mimura, Yoichi Nukumizu, Kippei Shiina

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.