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Railroad Man
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.
Cast
- Ken Takakura as Otomatsu Sato
- Ryoko Hirosue as Yukiko Sato
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Hideo Sugiura
- Masanobu Ando as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
- Ken Shimura as Hajime Yoshioka
- Shinobu Otake as Shizue Sato
- Tomoko Naraoka as Mune Kato
- Yoshiko Tanaka as Akiko Sugiura
- Nenji Kobayashi as Senji Sugiura
- Eiji Bandō as Mailman
- Mitsuru Hirata as Kawaguchi
- Hirotaro Honda as Miner
Details
- Director
- Yasuo Furuhata
- Released
- June 5, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Toei Company
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 46 votes
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