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Railroad Man
Railroad Man

Railroad Man

Genres

Drama

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

112 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

05 June 1999

Country

Japan

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 Ôtake

Shinobu Ôtake

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

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Kawaguchi

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Miner

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Town Mayor

Kitaro

Kitaro

Milkman

Shigeo Kobayashi

Shigeo Kobayashi

Motorman

Rie Nakahara

Rie Nakahara

Clerk

Ken Nakamoto

Ken Nakamoto

Iida

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Sayaka Taniguchi

Sayaka Taniguchi

Sakuya Yamada

Sakuya Yamada

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