The Railroad Man
Poppoya
1999, Film, 112 min, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 67
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.
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Cast
- Ken Takakura as Otomatsu Sato
- Shinobu Ôtake as Shizue Sato
- Ryôko Hirosue as Yukiko Sato
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Hideo Sugiura
- Masanobu Andô as Toshiyuki Yoshioka
- Ken Shimura as Hajime Yoshioka
- Tomoko Naraoka as Mune Kato
- Yoshiko Tanaka as Akiko Sugiura
- Nenji Kobayashi as Senji Sugiura
- Eiji Bandô as Mailman
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