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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Poppoya
| image = Poppoya.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical poster for 'Poppoya' (1999)
| director = Yasuo FuruhataInfobox data from 'and'
| producer = Jun'ichi Shind
Tan Takaiwa
| writer = Jir Asada (novel)
Yoshiki Iwama (screenplay)
| narrator =
| starring = Ken Takakura
| music = Ryoichi Kuniyoshi
Ryuichi Sakamoto
| cinematography = Daisaku Kimura
| editing = Kiyoaki Sait
| distributor = Toei Company
| released = 5 June 1999
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
Synopsis
A railway station master at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the line serving the village is scheduled for closure, an erstwhile colleague offers him a job at a resort hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railwayman. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.based on
Cast
* Ken Takakura: Otomatsu Sat
* Shinobu Otake: Shizue Sat
* Ryko Hirosue: Yukiko Sat
* Hidetaka Yoshioka: Hideo Sugiura
* Masanobu And: Toshiyuki Yoshioka
* Ken Shimura: Hajime Yoshioka
* Hirotar Honda : Miner
* Tomoko Naraoka: Mune Kat
* Yoshiko Tanaka: Akiko Sugiura
* Nenji Kobayashi: Senji Sugiura
See also
*Cinema of Japan
*List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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