The Crowded Train

Overview

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a visit, leading to a series of mishaps that leaves him at the bottom of the heap in what he once expected to be a promising lifetime career.

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Top cast

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Tamio Moroi

Chishū Ryū

Genroku, the father

Haruko Sugimura

Otome, the mother

Michiko Ono

Runa Iki

Keizō Kawasaki

Taro Washiba

Eiji Funakoshi

Mantarō Ushio

Kyū Sazanka

Bontarō Miake

K

Kōichi Itō

Jun Hamamura

Y

Yosuke Irie

M

Motoomi Fukurono

R

Rin Sugimori

Reiko Hibiki

N

Nobuko Shingu

T

Takako Hayama

M

Mitsuko Han'ya

M

Masatoki Sasaki

Saburo Sakai

Details