, also known as The Railroad Man, is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
Synopsis A railway station master at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the line serving the village is scheduled for closure, an erstwhile colleague offers him a job at a resort hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railwayman. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
Cast Ken Takakura: Otomatsu Satō Shinobu Otake: Shizue Satō Ryōko Hirosue: Yukiko Satō Hidetaka Yoshioka: Hideo Sugiura Masanobu Ando: Toshiyuki Yoshioka Ken Shimura: Hajime Yoshioka Hirotarō Honda : Miner Tomoko Naraoka: Mune Katō Yoshiko Tanaka: Akiko Sugiura Nenji Kobayashi: Senji Sugiura
See also
Cinema of Japan List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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