The Crowded Train

The Crowded Train (1957)

29/03/1957
Comedy, Drama
1h 39m

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.

  • Kon IchikawaDirector, Screenplay
  • Natto WadaScreenplay
  • Original Title

    満員電車

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Top Billed Cast

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Tamio Moroi

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Genroku, the father

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Otome, the mother

Michiko Ono

Michiko Ono

Runa Iki

Keizō Kawasaki

Keizō Kawasaki

Taro Washiba

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Mantarō Ushio

Mantarō Ushio

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Kōichi Itō

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