Railroad Man

Railroad Man

Movie 1999-06-05 1h 52m Drama Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1 Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1 Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year 1 Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year 1
★ 7.1 / 10 · 45 votes

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.

Status
Released
Released
1999-06-05
Runtime
1h 52m
Studio
Toei Company
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

  • 2000 International Submission to the Academy Awards Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1 won

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1 won

  • 2000 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Won Ken Takakura

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year 1 won

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year 1 won

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
Yasuo Furuhata
Cast
Ken Takakura Ken Takakura Otomatsu Sato Hirosue Ryoko Hirosue Ryoko Yukiko Sato Hidetaka Yoshioka Hidetaka Yoshioka Hideo Sugiura Masanobu Ando Masanobu Ando Toshiyuki Yoshioka Ken Shimura Ken Shimura Hajime Yoshioka Shinobu Otake Shinobu Otake Shizue Sato Tomoko Naraoka Tomoko Naraoka Mune Kato Yoshiko Tanaka Yoshiko Tanaka Akiko Sugiura Nenji Kobayashi Nenji Kobayashi Senji Sugiura Eiji Bandō Eiji Bandō Mailman Mitsuru Hirata Mitsuru Hirata Kawaguchi Hirotaro Honda Hirotaro Honda Miner
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