Movie

The Crowded Train (1957)

• March 27, 1957
• 1h 39m

• Comedy
• Drama

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.

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Writers

Natto Wada, Kon Ichikawa

Starring

Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Chishū Ryū, Haruko Sugimura