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Poppoya - Railroad Man
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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.5 out of 10 (2)
All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.1 out of 10 (7)

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Product Title: Poppoya - Railroad Man 鐵道員 铁道员 Poppoya - Railroad Man Poppoya - Railroad Man
Artist Name(s): Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Takakura Ken (Actor) | Ando Masanobu 廣末涼子 (Actor) | 高倉健 (Actor) | 安藤政信 广末凉子 (Actor) | 高仓 健 (Actor) | 安藤政信 広末涼子 (Actor) | 高倉健 (Actor) | 安藤政信 Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Takakura Ken (Actor) | Ando Masanobu
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Release Date: 1999-12-01
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): VCD
Duration: 110 (mins)
Publisher: Winson Entertainment Distribution Ltd.(HK)
Package Weight: 110 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1000001392

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.5 out of 10 (2)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.1 out of 10 (7)

Kat
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February 16, 2006

This customer review refers to Poppoya-Railroad Man
Takakura Ken and his Train Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
A man, his trains and his beloved family.
I can't think of anyone else who can better play
the man other than Takakura Ken. He was perfection.
The deep snow and a solitary man waiving his sign
for his train will stay with you as long as
you love movies.
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Anonymous

May 25, 2005
best of drama movie Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I have seen this movie many years ago in Bangkok film festival. I just happen to know that it's on market, so I don't hesitate to buy to my collections.

I never cried this much in any movie, so impressive.
Everybody in the theater came out with very red eyes.
The story just flows slowly but overwhelmly in the audiences'hearts.
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Yong Dae
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October 18, 2002

This customer review refers to PoPPoYa (Korean Version)
Good movie Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
Beautiful scenery, good cinematography. Non-Asians might not get the story, might think it's boring, even ridiculous the way the guy carries on everyday.
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Anonymous

September 17, 2002
A sentimental fairy tale Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
Stationmaster Sato, the railway man, or "Poppoya," once engineered the thundering coal trains that ran the line. But the mine has closed, the town is dying. His role has been reduced to standing guard over an empty platform and punctually greeting the one remaining diesel trolley, whose only passengers are often the engineers changing shifts. These details are not laden with overt political commentary. They are merely life's uncaring inevitabilities.

Instead, the pathos is played out against the stark beauty of Japan's Snow Country. This is a classic example of awa're, the beauty and poignancy that accompany a deep sense of loss. The stoical Sato, played by the famously stoical Ken Takakura, is a modern Job, who now looks back on a life filled with loss--not just the loss of the town and his job, but his daughter and wife as well. But unlike Job he does not curse fate or God, nor does he indulge in self-pity. A greater family of friends has grown up around him. We can believe the resolute Sato when he claims that he will leave this life with "no regrets."

It is at this point that director Yasuo Furuhata, working from the novel by Jiro Asada, transcends bathos with a touching and sentimental adaptation of the fairy tale of the Snow Woman, the Yuki Onna. There is no lack of foreshadowing, though it is done so quietly that you may not notice until Sato does. In the end, he realizes the Snow Child's identity, and so, according to the tale, the snow must reclaim him. Yet not unwillingly, and not before she has shown him what can bloom when winter finally yields to the warmth of human affection.
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Anonymous

August 7, 2002

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a great movie Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
It was a great movie for those who like to see a real Japanese man's character. I would recommend this movie to those who want to find a good role model for themselves. The main character had a stong personal character. I'm sorry for the fans of Hirosue Ryoko. You'll be asking when she will appears, but if you do that you won't enjoy the movie. Although I could only say that Hirosue san had made a very strong pressure of feelings because of her appearance in the role she had in the movie. Hirosue san was great. Her act to pretended so mysterious was too good to attracted the main character to loose his stubborness. This is another great one that I ever saw.
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