Railroad Man
7.1(45) 1999-06-05 112 minDrama
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.
ProducerJun'ichi Shindô
ProducerTan Takaiwa
DirectorYasuo Furuhata
Original Music ComposerRyouichi Kuniyoshi
ScreenplayYoshiki Iwama
ScreenplayYasuo Furuhata
Producer石川通生
ProducerAsao Tsunoda
Cast & characters
Ken Takakura
as Otomatsu Sato
Hirosue Ryoko
as Yukiko Sato
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Hideo Sugiura
Masanobu Ando
as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Ken Shimura
as Hajime Yoshioka
Shinobu Otake
as Shizue Sato
Tomoko Naraoka
as Mune Kato
Yoshiko Tanaka
as Akiko Sugiura
Nenji Kobayashi
as Senji Sugiura
Eiji Bandō
as Mailman
Mitsuru Hirata
as Kawaguchi
Hirotaro Honda
as Miner
Renji Ishibashi
as Town Mayor
Kitaro
as Milkman
Shigeo Kobayashi
as Motorman
Rie Nakahara
as Clerk
Ken Nakamoto
as Iida
Yoji Tanaka
as —
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Sayaka Taniguchi
as —
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Sakuya Yamada
as —
