Railroad Man (1999)
Poppoya
112 min
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.
- Release date
- June 5, 1999
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Ken Takakura as Otomatsu Sato
- Ryôko Hirosue as Yukiko Sato
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Hideo Sugiura
- Masanobu Andô as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
- Ken Shimura as Hajime Yoshioka
- Shinobu Ôtake as Shizue Sato
- Tomoko Naraoka as Mune Kato
- Yoshiko Tanaka as Akiko Sugiura
- Nenji Kobayashi as Senji Sugiura
- Eiji Bandô as Mailman
- Mitsuru Hirata as Kawaguchi
- Hirotarō Honda as Miner
- Renji Ishibashi as Town Mayor
- Kitarō as Milkman
- Shigeo Kobayashi as Motorman
- Rie Nakahara as Clerk
- Ken Nakamoto as Iida
- Yôji Tanaka
Crew
- Yasuo Furuhata · Director
- Jirô Asada · Writer
- Yoshiki Iwama · Writer
- Jun'ichi Shindō · Producer
- Tan Takaiwa · Producer
- Ryouichi Kuniyoshi · Composer
- Daisaku Kimura · Cinematographer
- Kiyoaki Saitô · Editor
- Katsuhiro Fukuzawa · Production designer