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.


Railroad Man (1999)
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Ken Takakura
Otomatsu Sato

Ryoko Hirosue
Yukiko Sato

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hideo Sugiura

Masanobu Ando
Toshiyuki Yoshioka

Ken Shimura
Hajime Yoshioka

Shinobu Ôtake
Shizue Sato

Tomoko Naraoka
Mune Kato

Yoshiko Tanaka
Akiko Sugiura

Nenji Kobayashi
Senji Sugiura