Railroad Man
1999•G•1h 52m•7.0•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Yasuo Furuhata
Writer
Yoshiki Iwama, Yasuo Furuhata
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Toei Company
Cast
Ken Takakura
Otomatsu Sato
Ryoko Hirosue
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
Miner
Renji Ishibashi
Town Mayor
Kitaro
Milkman
Shigeo Kobayashi
Motorman
Production
Company
Toei Company
Producer
Jun'ichi Shindô
Producer
Tan Takaiwa
Producer
石川通生
Producer
Asao Tsunoda
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