Railroad Man

Directed by Yasuo Furuhata

Produced by Toei Company

A melancholic meditation on grief, loss, and the struggle to move forward, set against the quiet decline of a rural Japanese railway.

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.