Railroad Man
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- Runtime
- 112 mins
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.
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
- Ryoko Hirosue
- Hidetaka Yoshioka
- Masanobu Ando
- Ken Shimura
- Shinobu Ôtake
- Tomoko Naraoka
- Yoshiko Tanaka
- Nenji Kobayashi
- Eiji Bandō
- Mitsuru Hirata
- Hirotaro Honda
- Renji Ishibashi
- Kitaro
- Shigeo Kobayashi
- Rie Nakahara
- Ken Nakamoto
- Yoji Tanaka
- Sayaka Taniguchi
- Sakuya Yamada
Director
- Yasuo Furuhata
Producers
- Jun'ichi Shindô
- Tan Takaiwa