1999
7.0 (41 votes)
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Toei Company
Railroad Man (鉄道員)
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Jun'ichi Shindô, Tan Takaiwa
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
Writer: Yoshiki Iwama
Director of Photography: Daisaku Kimura
Top Cast
Ken Takakura
Otomatsu Sato
Ryoko Hirosue
Yukiko Sato
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hideo Sugiura
Masanobu Ando
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Ken Shimura
Hajime Yoshioka
Shinobu Ôtake
Shizue Sato
Tomoko Naraoka
Mune Kato
Yoshiko Tanaka
Akiko Sugiura
