Railroad Man (1999)

06/05/1999 (JP) • 1h 52m

Drama

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.

Top Billed 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

Yoshiko Tanaka

Akiko Sugiura

Nenji Kobayashi

Senji Sugiura


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

japan

winter

railroad station

japanese train

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