Train Man
2005, Japanese. Directed by Shosuke Murakami.
A True Love Story
The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Shosuke MurakamiDirector
- Takayuki YamadaDensha otoko
- Miki NakataniHermes
- Ryoko KuninakaRika
- Eita NagayamaHirofumi
- Kuranosuke SasakiHisashi
- Tae KimuraMichiko
- Yoshinori OkadaYoshiga
- Ren OsugiMiddle-aged man in train
- Hiroki MiyakeTamura
- Makoto SakamotoMuto
- Momoko ShimizuSchoolgirl on the train
- Naomi NishidaHermes's friend
Details
- Released
- 4 June 2005
- Original title
- 電車男
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Hitori Nakano, Arisa Kaneko
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Train Man runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Who directed Train Man?
Train Man (2005) was directed by Shosuke Murakami and stars Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryoko Kuninaka.