Train Man

Train Man

2005
1h 45m
6.6

6.6/10

38 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Romance

"A True Love Story"

Overview

The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO Fuji Television Network Stardust Pictures Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

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Quick Facts

Original Title 電車男
Release Date June 4, 2005
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0456121

Cast

Takayuki Yamada
Takayuki Yamada

Densha otoko

Miki Nakatani
Miki Nakatani

Hermes

Ryoko Kuninaka
Ryoko Kuninaka

Rika

Eita Nagayama
Eita Nagayama

Hirofumi

Kuranosuke Sasaki
Kuranosuke Sasaki

Hisashi

Tae Kimura
Tae Kimura

Michiko

Yoshinori Okada
Yoshinori Okada

Yoshiga

Ren Osugi
Ren Osugi

Middle-aged man in train

Hiroki Miyake
Hiroki Miyake

Tamura

Makoto Sakamoto
Makoto Sakamoto

Muto

Momoko Shimizu
Momoko Shimizu

Schoolgirl on the train

Naomi Nishida
Naomi Nishida

Hermes's friend

Key Crew

Shosuke Murakami
Director
Hitori Nakano
Writer
Akihiro Yamauchi
Producer
NIHIRA Tomoyo
Producer
Arisa Kaneko
Screenplay
Hideki Inada
Producer
Hiroyoshi Koiwai
Executive Producer
Minami Ichikawa
Executive Producer
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