Railways (2010-Japan)

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Movie: Railways
Romaji: Reiruweizu: 49-sai de densha no untenshi ni natta otoko no monogatari
Japanese: RAILWAYS 49歳で電車の運転士になった男の物語
Director: Yoshinari Nishikori
Writer: Yoshinari Nishikori, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Brazili Ann Yamada
Assistant Director: Masatoshi Kurakata
Producer: Kazuyoshi Ishida, Masaki Koide, Yuji Ueda
Cinematographer: Hiroo Yanagida
Release Date: May 29, 2010
Runtime: 130 min.
Genre: Award Winning / Award Winning-Drama / Train
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Hajime Tsutsui (Kiichi Nakai) worked for the electric company and recently received a promotion. Due to his mother's illness and the death of a close friend Hajime decides to return to his hometown of Izumo, Shimane to work as a rail car driver ...

Notes

Filming began on July 19th 2009 in Tokyo and from late July through early September 2009 filming will took place in Izumo, Shimane.
"Daehani 50" is the wood train filmed in the movie. The train was originally retired in late March, 2009 but was retouched and came out of the retirement for the filming of "Railways".
Related titles:
1. Railways | Bataden: Ichibata Densha monogatari (2010)
2. Crossroads | Railways: Ai o Tsutaerare Nai Otona-Tachi e (2011)
3. Our Departures | Kazoku Iro: Railways Watashitachi no Shuppatsu (2018)

Cast



Kiichi Nakai	Reiko Takashima	Yuika Motokariya	Takahiro Miura	Tomoko Naraoka
Hajime Tsutsui	Yuki Tsutsui	Kou Tsutsui	Daiware Miyata	Kineyo Tsutsui



Isao Hashizume	Shiro Sano	Yoshiko Miyazaki	Kenichi Endo	Ken Nakamoto
Satoru Osawa	Nobuo Ishikawa	Akiko Moriyama	Yoshitsuki Kabera	Ryo Nishida



Masahiro Komoto	Tetsu Watanabe	Kanta Ogata	Masanori Ishii	Matsunosuke Shofukutei
Noboru Hukushima	Haruo Takahashi	Masayuki Yabuchi	Toshikazu Takubo	Toyozou Nagaoka

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Film Festivals

2010 (15th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 7-15, 2010 - A Window on Asian Cinema
2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 14-24, 2010 - Spotlight on Japan *United States Premiere
2010 (12th) Mumbai Film Festival - October 21-28, 2010 - World Cinema
2011 (6th) Kinotayo Film Festival - November 9-November 30, 2011 - Hommages Kinotayo

Awards

2010 (35th) Hochi Film Awards - December, 2010
- "Best New Artist" (Takahiro Miura)
2011 (34th) Japan Academy Prize - February 18, 2011
- "Rookie of the Year" (Takahiro Miura)

Comments

Susan Long Oct 15 2010 3:03 am I watched this movie twice - on Japan Airlines flights in September and October. It had English subtitles and I enjoyed it immensely, both from the point of view of watching the trains in Japan and from the issues raised in the film. I would like to know if I could buy a copy of this movie with English subtitles, which I could watch at home in Australia.

David Ray Aug 15 2010 8:31 pm My wife and I were able to see Railways in Matsue on July 23, after having ridden on the Ichibata Railway from Izumo just the day before. I do not speak Japanese, I wish I could. Non the less, I enjoyed the movie thoroughly, wishing I understood the dialogue. The story is compelling, even if you don't have the dialogue, the photography is wonderful, the railway scenes are a railfans dream, the Ichibata Railway should be justifiably proud. Can anyone tell me, assure me, that this movie will be released with English subtitles for an American market? I think it would do well. Can anyone tell me who to talk to, where to go, to encourage the distribution to America? Where do I go with this, the movie deserves a wider audience.

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