Film
Railroad Man
1999 · 1h 52m · Drama
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Overview
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
Cast
Ken Takakura
Otomatsu Sato
Hirosue Ryoko
Yukiko Sato
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hideo Sugiura
Masanobu Ando
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Ken Shimura
Hajime Yoshioka
Shinobu Otake
Shizue Sato
Tomoko Naraoka
Mune Kato
Yoshiko Tanaka
Akiko Sugiura
Nenji Kobayashi
Senji Sugiura
Eiji Bandō
Mailman
Mitsuru Hirata
Kawaguchi
Hirotaro Honda
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Renji Ishibashi
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Shigeo Kobayashi
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Rie Nakahara
Clerk
Crew
- Yasuo FuruhataDirector · Screenplay
- Yoshiki IwamaScreenplay
- Jiro AsadaNovel
- Jun'ichi ShindôProducer
- Tan TakaiwaProducer
- 石川通生Producer
- Asao TsunodaProducer
- Junichi KimuraProducer
- Daisaku KimuraDirector of Photography
- Ryouichi KuniyoshiOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 5, 1999
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- G
- Genres
- Drama
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