Railroad Man
Railroad Man

Railroad Man

7.0(42 votes)
1999
1h 52m
Drama

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.

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Otomatsu Sato

Ryoko Hirosue

Ryoko Hirosue

Yukiko Sato

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hideo Sugiura

Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando

Toshiyuki Yoshioka

Ken Shimura

Ken Shimura

Hajime Yoshioka

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Shizue Sato

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Mune Kato

Yoshiko Tanaka

Yoshiko Tanaka

Akiko Sugiura

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Senji Sugiura

Eiji Bandō

Eiji Bandō

Mailman

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