Locomotive Teacher (2004)
2h 3m
Running Time
July 31, 2004Release Date
Locomotive Teacher (2004)
2h 3m
Running Time
July 31, 2004Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha Sensei" (Teacher Locomotive) after learning he is mute. The parents on the island are mostly hostile to Seigo Yoshioka, believing he is incapable of teaching their children. But with Seigo Yoshioka's determination and kindness, a strong bond develops between the students and the mute teacher, which then changes the parents' opinions of Seigo Yoshioka. Suddenly, tragedy then strikes .
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kenji Sakaguchi
Seigo Yoshioka
Masaaki Sakai
Shuichiro Sako
Megumi Yasue
Yone Abe
Mitsuko Baisho
Yone Abe
Ryuichi Hiroki
Director
Shizuka Ijûin
Writer
Shôtarô Oikawa
Writer
Yasuhiro Hasegawa
Producer
Yoshihiro Suzuki
Producer
Yoshihiro Suzuki
Producer
Akira Fukada
Sound
Masato Katō
Screenplay
Jun'ichi Kikuchi
Editor
Ryouichi Kuniyoshi
Original Music Composer
Kazuhiro Suzuki
Director of Photography
Shigemori Shigeta
Production Design
Details.
Wiki.
Kikansha Sensei (機関車先生, lit. "Locomotive Teacher", a.k.a. "Big Silent Man") is a 2004 Japanese-language film by Ryuichi Hiroki based on the best-selling book by Shizuka Ijuin.