is a
1999
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Japanese film directed by
Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the
72nd Academy Awards
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for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
It was chosen as Best Film at the
Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
Synopsis
A railway
station master
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at a dying end-of-the-line
village
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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
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Ken Takakura: Otomatsu Satō
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Shinobu Otake: Shizue Satō
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Ryōko Hirosue: Yukiko Satō
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Hidetaka Yoshioka
is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and the TV drama ''Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo, Dr. Coto's Clinic''. He played the part of Tora-san's nephew in the ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' film series, and he appeared in Akira ...
: Hideo Sugiura
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Masanobu Andō
is a Japanese actor.
Ando has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's '' Kids Return'' (1996), Kinji Fukasaku's '' Battle Royale'' (2000), Takashi Miike's '' Sukiyaki Western Django'' (2007), and Chen Kaige's '' Forever Enthralled'' (2008). ...
: Toshiyuki Yoshioka
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Ken Shimura: Hajime Yoshioka
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Hirotarō Honda : Miner
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Tomoko Naraoka: Mune Katō
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Yoshiko Tanaka: Akiko Sugiura
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Nenji Kobayashi: Senji Sugiura
See also
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Cinema of Japan
The , also known domestically as , has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2022, it was the Film industry#Statistics, fourth largest by number of feature films p ...
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List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Notes
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1999 films
Films directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Films set in Hokkaido
1990s Japanese-language films
Picture of the Year Japan Academy Prize winners
Rail transport films
Films set on trains
Toei Company films
Films based on Japanese novels
Films scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto
1990s Japanese films
Films based on works by Jirō Asada
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