Railroad Man (1999)
1h 52m
Running Time
June 5, 1999Release Date
Railroad Man (1999)
1h 52m
Running Time
June 5, 1999Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Ken Takakura
Otomatsu Sato
Ryoko Hirosue
Yukiko Sato
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hideo Sugiura
Masanobu Ando
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Ken Shimura
Hajime Yoshioka
Shinobu Ôtake
Shizue Sato
Tomoko Naraoka
Mune Kato
Yoshiko Tanaka
Akiko Sugiura
Nenji Kobayashi
Senji Sugiura
Eiji Bandō
Mailman
Mitsuru Hirata
Kawaguchi
Hirotaro Honda
Miner
Renji Ishibashi
Town Mayor
Kitaro
Milkman
Shigeo Kobayashi
Motorman
Rie Nakahara
Clerk
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This Movie Is About.
japan
winter
railroad station
japanese train
Wiki.
Poppoya (鉄道員, Poppoya / Tetsudōin, "Railwayman") is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
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