Railroad Man

Railroad Man

112 mins | Drama | June 5, 1999

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.

Railroad Man

112 mins | Drama | June 5, 1999

Railroad Man
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 鉄道員
Directors Yasuo Furuhata
Writers Yoshiki Iwama, Jiro Asada

Cast

Ken Takakura

as Otomatsu Sato

Ryoko Hirosue

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 Bandô

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