Railways (RAILWAYS 49歳で電車の運転士になった男の物語, Railways 49-sai de Densha no Untenshi ni Natta Otoko no Monogatari) is a Japanese film released on 29 May 2010. The film was produced by Shūji Abe, directed by Yoshinari Nishikōri, and stars Kiichi Nakai and Reiko Takashima.

Railways
Film poster advertising Railways in Japan
Directed by	Yoshinari Nishikori
Produced by	Shūji Abe
Starring	Kiichi Nakai Reiko Takashima Takahiro Miura Yuika Motokariya Tomoko Naraoka
Release date	29 May 2010 (2010-05-29)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

The movie tells the story of a 49-year-old office worker, who quits his job in Tokyo to become a train driver on the rural Ichibata Electric Railway in Shimane Prefecture.[1][2]

Cast

• Kiichi Nakai as Hajime Tsutsui
• Yuika Motokariya as Sachi, Hajime's daughter
• Reiko Takashima as Yukiko, Hajime's wife
• Tomoko Naraoka as Kinyo, Hajime's mother
• Takahiro Miura as Miyata Daigo
• Isao Hashizume as the Ichibata Railway chief
• Shiro Sano as the Ichibata Railway deputy
• Yoshiko Miyazaki as Moriyama, a nurse
• Kenichi Endō as Kawahira
• Ken Nakamoto as Nishida
• Masahiro Komoto as Fukushima, the chief instructor
• Tetsu Watanabe as Takahashi, a veteran train mechanic
• Kanta Ogata as Yabuuchi, the train driver trainer
• Masanori Ishii as Takubo, the railway controller
• Matsunosuke Shofukutei as Toyo, the gardener

References

External links

• Official website
• Railways at IMDb

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