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Train Man

Train Man

A True Love Story

20056.11h 45m

Overview

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.

Directed by Shosuke Murakami
Written by Hitori Nakano, Arisa Kaneko
Produced by Akihiro Yamauchi, NIHIRA Tomoyo, Hideki Inada
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Top Cast

Takayuki Yamada

Takayuki Yamada

Densha otoko

Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani

Hermes

Ryoko Kuninaka

Ryoko Kuninaka

Rika

Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama

Hirofumi

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Hisashi

Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura

Michiko

Yoshinori Okada

Yoshinori Okada

Yoshiga

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Middle-aged man in train

Hiroki Miyake

Hiroki Miyake

Tamura

Makoto Sakamoto

Makoto Sakamoto

Muto

Themes & Keywords

romancetrainsocial anxietyotaku

About Train Man

Train Man is a comedy, romance film released in 2005 exploring themes of romance, train, social anxiety, otaku. Directed by Shosuke Murakami, it stars Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryoko Kuninaka. 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.

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