The Crowded Train

The Crowded Train — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 29, 1957
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama
• Director
• Kon Ichikawa

The Crowded Train — Cast

Hiroshi Kawaguchi Tamio Moroi Chishū Ryū Genroku, the father Haruko Sugimura Otome, the mother Michiko Ono Runa Iki Keizō Kawasaki Taro Washiba Eiji Funakoshi Mantarō Ushio Kyū Sazanka