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- 原題
- RAILWAYS 愛を伝えられない大人たちへ
- Original Title
- RAILWAYS Ai Wo Tsutae Rarenai Otona Tachie
- Production Year
- 2011
- Running Time
- 123min
- Genre
- Drama
- Color
- Color
- Director
- Cast
- Tomokazu MIURA 三浦友和 (The Sun That Doesn’t Set, Always)
Kimiko YO 余貴美子(Departures)
Eiko KOIKE 小池栄子(Rebirth, 20th Century Boys 2)
Akiyoshi NAKAO 中尾明慶 (Rookies the Movie: Graduation)
Kazuko YOSHIYUKI 吉行和子(Departures, Empire of Passion)
Takashi TSUKAMOTO 塚本高史 (Outrage, Battle Royale)
- Introduction
- With whom do you want to share the years after retirement.
This emotionally inspiring film is for all those standing at that crossroads of life. - Synopsis
- Toru Takishima is a railway driver who has devoted his whole life to his job, then realizes that he has reached the age of 59. His wife Sawako had always been supportive of him in her role as housewife, and is now 55. Toru will reach mandatory retirement after only one month, and the couple is looking forward to their retirement years. Then one day, Sawako proclaims that she will return to the nursing career that her role as housewife denied her, but Toru is unwilling and unable to understand the depth of her conviction. The two of them have a serious quarrel, and Sawako suddenly moves out of their home. The rift between them reaches the point where Sawako gives official divorce registration documents to Toru...