The Crowded Train (1957)
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.
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Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Tamio Moroi |
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Chishū Ryū as Genroku, the father |
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Haruko Sugimura as Otome, the mother |
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Michiko Ono as Runa Iki |
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Keizō Kawasaki as Taro Washiba |
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Eiji Funakoshi as |
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Mantarō Ushio as |
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Kyū Sazanka as |
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Bontarō Miake as |
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Kōichi Itō as |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Yosuke Irie as |
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Motoomi Fukurono as |
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Rin Sugimori as |
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Reiko Hibiki as |
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Nobuko Shingu as |
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Takako Hayama as |
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Mitsuko Han'ya as |
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Masatoki Sasaki as |
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Saburo Sakai as |
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Kōichi Katsuragi as |
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Seiji Izumi as |
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Koh Sugita as |
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Tatsuo Hanabu as |
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Eiichi Takamura as |
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Fujio Harumoto as |
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Nobuo Minamikata as |
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Noriko Kubota as |
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Akira Naoki as |
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Kyōsuke Shiho as |
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Tōru Konoki as |
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Jirō Tamiya as Student |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Production | Hidemasa Nagata | Producer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Murai | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Natto Wada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kon Ichikawa | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Isamu Yoneyama | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Toshikazu Watanabe | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Koji Taku | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Tomoo Shimogawara | Art Direction |
| Editing | Tatsuji Nakashizu | Editor |