The original name is better (下妻物語 - Kamakaze Girls? What does that even mean?), and supposedly the book is even better.
I actually once hopped on a train (well, two, you have to transfer once out of Tokyo on the most direct route) and visited Shimotsuma just because of this movie (I didn't have the heart to tell the fearless old dude who wanted to practice his English why I was really on the train, I let him think I was an English teacher). It really was the station in the movie, only difference is that the monitor was busted when I visited.
On the other hand, it didn't seem that inaka, just kind of bland almost-suburban. Two platforms! No wanman trains there. Apparently there's a section in the book where Momoko actually thinks "Shimotsuma isn't so bad! We have two platforms... Wait? What am I saying? Aaaah."
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I actually once hopped on a train (well, two, you have to transfer once out of Tokyo on the most direct route) and visited Shimotsuma just because of this movie (I didn't have the heart to tell the fearless old dude who wanted to practice his English why I was really on the train, I let him think I was an English teacher). It really was the station in the movie, only difference is that the monitor was busted when I visited.
On the other hand, it didn't seem that inaka, just kind of bland almost-suburban. Two platforms! No wanman trains there. Apparently there's a section in the book where Momoko actually thinks "Shimotsuma isn't so bad! We have two platforms... Wait? What am I saying? Aaaah."