Train Man

Train Man

105 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 4, 2005

The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

Train Man

105 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 4, 2005

Train Man
The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Fuji Television Network
Original title 電車男
Directors Masanori Murakami
Writers Hitori Nakano, Arisa Kaneko

Cast

Takayuki Yamada

as Densha otoko

Miki Nakatani

as Hermes

Ryoko Kuninaka

as Rika

Eita Nagayama

as Hirofumi

Kuranosuke Sasaki

as Hisashi

Tae Kimura

as Michiko

Yoshinori Okada

as Yoshiga

Ren Osugi

as Middle-aged man in train

Hiroki Miyake

as Tamura

Makoto Sakamoto

as Muto

Momoko Shimizu

as Schoolgirl on the train

Naomi Nishida

as Hermes's friend