Romance Express (1961)
1h 25m
Running Time
April 4, 1961Release Date
Romance Express (1961)
1h 25m
Running Time
April 4, 1961Release Date
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Plot.
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
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Cast & Crew.

Frankie Sakai

Reiko Dan

Yumi Shirakawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Sonomi Nakajima

Sadako Sawamura

Yūsuke Takita

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Shin Morikawa

Yutaka Nakayama

Kuniharu Adachi

Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer

Hidehisa Suga
Producer

Seiichi Endo
Cinematographer

Kazuo Ogawa
ProductionDesigner

Yūzō Kawashima
Director

Bunroku Shishi
Story

Riichirō Manabe
Music

Ryōzō Kasahara
Screenplay

Michino Yokoyama

Rumi Konishi

Keiko Sata

Kenzō Tabu

Shigeki Ishida
Details.
Release DateApril 4, 1961
Original Name特急にっぽん
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Genres
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