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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.

1999 |1h 52m |  Drama

Cast

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Ken Takakura

Otomatsu Sato

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Ryoko Hirosue

Yukiko Sato

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Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hideo Sugiura

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Masanobu Ando

Toshiyuki Yoshioka

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Ken Shimura

Hajime Yoshioka

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Shinobu Ôtake

Shizue Sato

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Tomoko Naraoka

Mune Kato

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Yoshiko Tanaka

Akiko Sugiura

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Nenji Kobayashi

Senji Sugiura

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Eiji Bandō

Mailman

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Mitsuru Hirata

Kawaguchi

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Hirotaro Honda

Miner

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Renji Ishibashi

Town Mayor

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Kitaro

Milkman

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Shigeo Kobayashi

Motorman

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Rie Nakahara

Clerk

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Ken Nakamoto

Iida

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Yoji Tanaka

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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