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Winds From Zero (2007)

Winds From Zero (2007)

Drama Crime
Release Date: 2007, May 12
Directors: Toshi Shioya
Countries: Japan
Cast: Daikichi Sugawara, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Hitomi Sato, Hiroko Nakajima, Yoshiko Tanaka, Taiyo Sugiura

Overview:

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.