The Crowded Train

The Crowded Train

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 29, 1957

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, leading to a series of mishaps that leaves him at the bottom of the heap in what he once expected to be a promising lifetime career.

The Crowded Train

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 29, 1957

The Crowded Train
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, leading to a series of mishaps that leaves him at the bottom of the heap in what he once expected to be a promising lifetime career.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 満員電車
Directors Kon Ichikawa
Writers Kon Ichikawa, Natto Wada

Cast

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

as Tamio Moroi

Chishū Ryū

as Genroku, the father

Haruko Sugimura

as Otome, the mother

Michiko Ono

as Runa Iki

Keizô Kawasaki

as Taro Washiba