Romance Express (1961)
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.
Director:
Yūzō Kawashima
Writer:
Ryōzō Kasahara
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Frankie Sakai as |
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Reiko Dan as |
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Yumi Shirakawa as |
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Eitarō Ozawa as |
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Sonomi Nakajima as |
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Sadako Sawamura as |
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Yūsuke Takita as |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa as |
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Shin Morikawa as |
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Yutaka Nakayama as |
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Kuniharu Adachi as |
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Choji Oka as |
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Yuko Saha as |
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Mieko Kurenai as |
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Machiko Naka as |
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Keiko Yanagawa as |
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Yuko Shibaki as |
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Michino Yokoyama as |
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Rumi Konishi as |
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Keiko Sata as |
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Kenzō Tabu as |
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Shigeki Ishida as |
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Sachio Sakai as |
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Kunio Otsuka as |
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Masahiko Tanimura as |
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Bontarō Taira as |
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Toki Shiozawa as |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bunroku Shishi | Story |
| Directing | Yūzō Kawashima | Director |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Music |