Railways (2010)
Overview
A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.926 |
Directed By
Yoshinari Nishikôri
Crew
Yoshinari Nishikôri
Kunihiko Sugii
Yumi Matsutoya
Shuji Abe
Yoshimura Ryuta
Yoshinari Nishikôri
Brazily Anne Yamada
Hirotoshi Kobayashi
Masaki Koide
Takeshi Suzuki
Mototaka Kusakabe
Naoya Fujimaki
Shingo Sekine
Hajime Komiya
Toshihiro Isomi
Sosuke Yoshikado
Hiro'o Yanagida
TOP CAST
Kiichi Nakai
Hajime Tsutsui
Reiko Takashima
Yukiko Tsutsui
Yuika Motokariya
Sachi Tsutsui
Shirō Sano
Nobuo Ishikawa
Tomoko Naraoka
Kinuyo Tsutsui
Isao Hashizume
Gorou Osawa
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