The Crowded Train

Directed by Kon Ichikawa
1957    1h 39mComedy, Drama
7.288%6.8
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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  • Hiroshi KawaguchiTamio Moroi
  • Chishū RyūGenroku, the father
  • Haruko SugimuraOtome, the mother
  • Michiko OnoRuna Iki
  • Keizō KawasakiTaro Washiba
  • Eiji Funakoshi
  • Mantarō Ushio
  • Kyū Sazanka
  • Bontarō Miake
  • Kōichi Itō
  • Jun Hamamura
  • Yosuke Irie
  • Motoomi Fukurono
  • Rin Sugimori
  • Reiko Hibiki
  • Nobuko Shingu
  • Takako Hayama
  • Mitsuko Han'ya
  • Masatoki Sasaki
  • Saburo Sakai

The Crowded Train Trivia

The Crowded Train was released on March 29, 1957.

The Crowded Train was directed by Kon Ichikawa.

The Crowded Train has a runtime of 1h 39m.

The Crowded Train was produced by Hidemasa Nagata.

The key characters in The Crowded Train are Tamio Moroi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), Genroku, the father (Chishū Ryū), Otome, the mother (Haruko Sugimura).

The Crowded Train is a Comedy, Drama film.

The Crowded Train has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.

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