Salesman Shinji (Tsutsumi Shinichi) is at the subway station on his normal daily commute when he receives words that his estranged father has been hospitalized. Shinji's strained relationship with his unscrupulous father goes back many years, and the news awakens some unhappy memories. At that moment, he sees a person resembling his brother, who passed away forty years ago, leaving the platform, and he hurriedly follows. When Shinji steps out of the station, he finds himself in 1964...

Based on Asada Jiro's bestselling novel, Metro ni Notte ("Riding on the Metro") plays with both fantasy and psychological elements, jumping constantly between past and present as the protagonist journeys through time. Director Shinohara Tetsuo (Heaven's Bookstore and Yokubo) uses the time-traveling premise to bring new layers to classic family drama themes of spite and reconciliation. Like the acclaimed Always - Sunset on Third Street, which Tsutsumi Shinichi also appeared in, Metro ni Notte gives viewers a nostalgic glimpse of days gone by, traveling through forty years of time as reflected in the life of Shinji's father, played by popular actor Osawa Takao (Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World). The film also co-stars Tokiwa Takako (The Mamiya Brothers) and Okamoto Aya (Moonlight Jellyfish).