Poppoya

For the 1956 Italian film, see The Railroad Man.

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1999 Japanese film

Poppoya

Theatrical poster for Poppoya (1999)

Directed by| Yasuo Furuhata[1]
Written by| Jirō Asada (novel)
Yoshiki Iwama (screenplay)
Produced by| Jun'ichi Shindō
Tan Takaiwa
Starring| Ken Takakura
Cinematography| Daisaku Kimura
Edited by| Kiyoaki Saitō
Music by| Ryoichi Kuniyoshi
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Distributed by| Toei Company

Release date

* 5 June 1999 (1999-06-05)

Running time

| 112 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese
Box office| ¥3.49 billion[2] ($30.6 million)[3]

Poppoya (鉄道員（ぽっぽや）, Poppoya[a]) is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4] It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[5] The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.

## Synopsis

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A railway station master at a dying end-of-the-line village 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
* Shinobu Otake: Shizue Satō
* Ryōko Hirosue: Yukiko Satō
* Hidetaka Yoshioka: Hideo Sugiura
* Masanobu Andō: Toshiyuki Yoshioka
* Ken Shimura: Hajime Yoshioka
* Hirotarō Honda : Miner
* Tomoko Naraoka: Mune Katō
* Yoshiko Tanaka: Akiko Sugiura
* Nenji Kobayashi: Senji Sugiura

## See also

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* Film portal

* Cinema of Japan
* List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## Notes

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1. ^ The kanji spelling is from the word tetsudōin (鉄（てつ）道（どう）員（いん）; railway worker), which is also the Japanese title of the Italian film The Railroad Man. The reading, Poppoya, comes from poppo (Japanese for a steam locomotive sound effect) and ya (屋; dealer; seller).

## References

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1. ^ Infobox data from 鉄道員 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 16 May 2009. and Poppoya (1999) at IMDb
2. ^ "邦画興行収入ランキング". SF MOVIE DataBank (in Japanese). General Works. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
3. ^ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan". World Bank. 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
4. ^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
5. ^ "Awards for Poppoya (1999)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

## External links

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* Poppoya at IMDb
* 鉄道員 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
* "POPPOYA TETSUDO-EN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
* 鉄道員. walkerplus.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 March 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
* 鉄道員（ぽっぽや）(1999). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 May 2009.
* "Variety Japan" 鉄道員 ぽっぽや (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 16 May 2009.

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