Railroad Man

Jun 5, 1999

1h 52m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Toei Company

Railroad Man Trailers

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Cast

Otomatsu Sato

Ken Takakura

Yukiko Sato

Hirosue Ryoko

Hideo Sugiura

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Toshiyuki Yoshioka

Masanobu Ando

Hajime Yoshioka

Ken Shimura

Shizue Sato

Shinobu Otake

Mune Kato

Tomoko Naraoka

Akiko Sugiura

Yoshiko Tanaka

Senji Sugiura

Nenji Kobayashi

Mailman

Eiji Bandō

Kawaguchi

Mitsuru Hirata

Miner

Hirotaro Honda

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