Poppoya
1999 Japanese film
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Poppoya (鉄道員, Poppoya[a]), 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.[4] It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[5] The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
by Jirō Asada
Tan Takaiwa
| Poppoya | |
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 Theatrical poster for Poppoya (1999) | |
| Directed by | Yasuo Furuhata[1] |
| Screenplay by | Yoshiki Iwama |
| Based on | Poppoya by Jirō Asada |
| Produced by | Jun'ichi Shindō Tan Takaiwa |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Daisaku Kimura |
| Edited by | Kiyoaki Saitō |
| Music by | Ryoichi Kuniyoshi Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥3.49 billion[2] ($30.6 million)[3] |
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
Notes
- The kanji spelling is from the word tetsudōin (鉄道員; railway worker), which is also the Japanese title of the Italian film The Railroad Man. The reading, Poppoya, comes from poppo (Japanese for a steam locomotive sound effect) and ya (屋; dealer; seller).
