The Crowded Train
7.1
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.
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Cast
32 people
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Tamio Moroi
Known for
Floating Weeds
Chishū Ryū
Genroku, the father
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Haruko Sugimura
Otome, the mother
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Michiko Ono
Runa Iki
Also in
Giants and Toys
Black Test Car
Keizō Kawasaki
Taro Washiba
Also in
Warning from Space
The Blue Sky Maiden
Eiji Funakoshi
Known for
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Fires on the Plain
Mantarō Ushio
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Floating Weeds
Kyū Sazanka
Known for
Yojimbo
The Bad Sleep Well
Bontarō Miake
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Street of Shame
Kōichi Itō
Known for
Gamera vs. Gyaos
Fires on the Plain
Jun Hamamura
Known for
The Burmese Harp
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Yosuke Irie
Known for
Floating Weeds
Street of Shame
Kon Ichikawa Director · Natto Wada Screenplay Koji Taku Composer
First release March 27, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Production Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
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Original title
満員電車
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 27, 1957
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
September 29, 2009 · Theatrical · Ретроспектива Кона Итикавы в Москве
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