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Train Brain Express

Train Brain Express

20126.01h 57m

Overview

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?

Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita
Written by Yoshimitsu Morita
Produced by Kazuko Misawa, Shin-ichiro Shirakura, Ryo Kawata
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Top Cast

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kei Komachi

Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama

Kenta Kotama

Shihori Kanjiya

Shihori Kanjiya

Azusa Soma

Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

Masaya Chikugo

Eri Murakawa

Eri Murakawa

Midori Hyuga

Ryohei Suzuki

Ryohei Suzuki

Narumi Konno

Narumi Konno

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Chisato Matsudaira

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Tsutomu Tamura

Ichiro Hashimoto

Ichiro Hashimoto

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Themes & Keywords

nerdtrainrailroad

About Train Brain Express

Train Brain Express is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2012 exploring themes of nerd, train, railroad. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, it stars Kenichi Matsuyama, Eita Nagayama, Shihori Kanjiya. Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?

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