Poppoya - Wikipedia
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| Poppoya | |
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 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 |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥3.49 billion[2] ($30.6 million)[3] |
Poppoya (鉄道員（ぽっぽや）, Poppoya[a]) is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4] It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[5] The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
A railway station master at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the line serving the village is scheduled for closure, an erstwhile colleague offers him a job at a resort hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railwayman. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
- Ken Takakura: Otomatsu Satō
- Shinobu Otake: Shizue Satō
- Ryōko Hirosue: Yukiko Satō
- Hidetaka Yoshioka: Hideo Sugiura
- Masanobu Andō: Toshiyuki Yoshioka
- Ken Shimura: Hajime Yoshioka
- Hirotarō Honda : Miner
- Tomoko Naraoka: Mune Katō
- Yoshiko Tanaka: Akiko Sugiura
- Nenji Kobayashi: Senji Sugiura
- Cinema of Japan
- List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- ^ The kanji spelling is from the word tetsudōin (鉄（てつ）道（どう）員（いん）, railway worker), which is also the Japanese title of the Italian film The Railroad Man. The reading, Poppoya, comes from poppo (Japanese for a steam locomotive sound effect) and ya (屋, dealer; seller).
- ^ Infobox data from 鉄道員 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 16 May 2009. and Poppoya (1999) at IMDb
- ^ "邦画興行収入ランキング". SF MOVIE DataBank (in Japanese). General Works. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan". World Bank. 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Awards for Poppoya (1999)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- 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.