Ru: Taiwan Express (2020)

Overview

Set in 1999, the story centers on Haruka Tada, a Tokyo office worker sent to Taiwan just as a Japanese consortium wins the contract for the high-speed rail. The project triggers memories of her first solo trip to Taiwan as a university student, where she briefly met a local man named Eric. The narrative unfolds across multiple intertwining lives over the course of several years, highlighting the deep cultural and personal bonds between Japan and Taiwan.