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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.
Poppoya: Railroad Man 1999 1h 51m Drama List Reviews 79% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Sato Otomatsu (Ken Takakura) works for the railroad that serves his small, out-of-the-way Japanese village.
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- Yasuo Furuhata
- Drama
- Ken Takakura
Jun 5, 1999 · Railroad Man: Directed by Yasuo Furuhata. With Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ôtake, Ryôko Hirosue, Hidetaka Yoshioka. The touching reminiscing of an elderly railroad-station manager is interrupted by the sudden appearance of some good-natured girls.
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- Drama
- Yasuo Furuhata
- 1999-06-05
Jun 5, 1999 · Movie: Railroad Man. Romaji: Poppoya. Japanese: 鉄道員 (ぽっぽや) Director: Yasuo Furuhata. Writer: Jiro Asada (novel), Yoshiki Iwama, Yasuo Furuhata. Producer: Cinematographer: Daisaku Kimura. Assistant Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe, Tomoyuki Takimoto, Hiroshi Takahashi. Release Date: June 5, 1999.
Get out a box of tissues and prepare to cry your eyes out over this touching tale about a railroad man, played by Takakura Ken, who lives alone at the end of a railway line in Hokkaido, pondering his life. Teen idol Hirosue Ryoko also stars in this charming movie, directed by Furuhata Yasuo.
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鉄道員 | Railroad Man | Railwayman. 1999 • Drama • Japan • Dir. Yasuo Furuhata. Reviewed by Andrew Saroch | May 14, 2015. Buy from Amazon (US) Buy from Amazon (UK) Buy from Yesasia Trailer on YouTube. Yasuo Furuhata’s elegiac lament about one man’s sorrowful reflections on what might have been swept the awards at a variety of Asian film festivals.
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.
