Railroad Man (1999)

7.1/10 112 min Drama

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.

Cast

Ken Takakura

Otomatsu Sato

Hirosue Ryoko

Yukiko Sato

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hideo Sugiura

Masanobu Ando

Toshiyuki Yoshioka

Ken Shimura

Hajime Yoshioka

Shinobu Otake

Shizue Sato

Tomoko Naraoka

Mune Kato

Yoshiko Tanaka

Akiko Sugiura

Nenji Kobayashi

Senji Sugiura

Eiji Bandō

Mailman

Mitsuru Hirata

Kawaguchi

Hirotaro Honda

Miner

Renji Ishibashi

Town Mayor

Kitaro

Milkman

Shigeo Kobayashi

Motorman

Rie Nakahara

Clerk

Ken Nakamoto

Iida

Yoji Tanaka

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