Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe (1000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1000 · 64 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Tomomi Mochizuki

Starring

Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Miki Nagasawa, Akiko Nakagawa, Shozo Iizuka, Hekiru Shiina, Ryo Naitou

After a typhoon damages the Alpha Café, its owner Alpha embarks on a countryside journey. As she strolls from town to town, she photographs the quiet, largely empty landscape with wonder, observing daily life and the changing seasons. Along the way she discovers that the true reward of her wanderings is the comfort and meaning found in returning home.