The story depicts a man's magical experience travelling back in time to redo his life and rebuild broken relations with his family. Nagata Kazuo visits his ageing father, Tadao, at the hospital but he was unable to fix their turbulent relationship. Upon returning home, he finds a divorce paper from his wife, Miyoko and also his son, Hiroki, behaving violently. As Kazuo always wanted to be a good father unlike his father, he thinks of committing suicide. One day, however, a wagon stops right next to Kazuo. The driver is Hashimoto and his son Kenta who allegedly died in an accident. Even though he didn't understand the situation, Kazuo gets on board and then mysteriously, he was joined by his father who looks like the same age as Kazuo. The drive to change Kazuo's regretful life begins!
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- Meteor Wagon
- Ryusei Wagon
直木賞作家・重松清の同名小説をドラマ化。西島秀俊が、公私ともに絶望の淵に追い込まれた主人公・会社員の永田一雄を演じる。一雄の目の前にワインカラーのワゴンカーが現れる。乗っているのは死んだはずの運転手とその息子。一雄はワゴンに乗り込み、過去を巡る奇妙な旅を始める。香川照之が一雄の父親役に。
被公司解僱、外遇的妻子要求離婚、父親因癌症住院、孩子還是家裡蹲……，萬念俱灰、有心尋死的永田一雄在探視父親的回家途中，於車站藉酒消愁時，遇見了一對開著休旅車到處兜風的幽靈父子。 永田坐上了那輛神祕的休旅車，而這輛車，帶著永田開往人生的分歧點。永田遇到了一個和自己同齡的38歲男子，而這位男子，竟是自己的父親永田忠雄。
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