Train Man (2005)
Densha otoko
A True Love Story
101 min
The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
- Release date
- June 4, 2005
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Takayuki Yamada as Densha otoko
- Miki Nakatani as Hermes
- Ryôko Kuninaka as Rika
- Eita Nagayama as Hirofumi
- Kuranosuke Sasaki as Hisashi
- Tae Kimura as Michiko
- Yoshinori Okada as Yoshiga
- Ren Ōsugi as Middle-aged man in train
- Hiroki Miyake as Tamura
- Makoto Sakamoto as Muto
- Momoko Shimizu as Schoolgirl on the train
- Naomi Nishida as Hermes's friend
Crew
- Shōsuke Murakami · Director
- Hitori Nakano · Writer
- Arisa Kaneko · Writer
- Kei Haruna · Producer
- Hideki Inada · Producer
- Genki Kawamura · Producer
- Tomoyo Nihei · Producer
- Takayuki Hattori · Composer
- Shigeki Murano · Cinematographer
- Jun'nosuke Hogaki · Editor
- Yoshiyuki Maeda · Casting director