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Railroad Man (1999)

Directed by Yasuo Furuhata

Overview

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.

Length 112 minutes

Actors

Ken Takakura | Ryoko Hirosue | Hidetaka Yoshioka | Masanobu Ando | Ken Shimura | Shinobu Ōtake | Tomoko Naraoka | Yoshiko Tanaka | Nenji Kobayashi | Eiji Bandô | Mitsuru Hirata | Hirotaro Honda | Renji Ishibashi | Kitarô | Shigeo Kobayashi | Rie Nakahara | Ken Nakamoto | Yoji Tanaka | Sayaka Taniguchi | Sakuya Yamada