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Poppoya (Blu-ray) (Special Priced) (Japan Version) Blu-ray Region A

Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Takakura Ken (Actor) | Ando Masanobu (Actor) | Kobayashi Nenji (Actor)
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Directed by Furuhata Yasuo, the 1999 classic Poppoya - Railroad Man swept the top prizes including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress at the 23rd Japan Academy Awards. The late, great Takakura Ken delivers one of the greatest performances of his career as an aged railway worker looking back on his life in this elegiac character study based on a novel by Asada Jiro.

Lonely stationmaster Sato Otomatsu (Takakura Ken) has spent much of his life managing the train station at the sleepy mountain mining town of Horomai in Hokkaido. As Sato nears retirement, he learns that his branch line, which has been unprofitable for years, will also be closing down. The news triggers his memories of a lifetime devoted to work, and the sacrifices and regrets made along the way in regards to his family. Sato finds life changing in unexpected ways when a girl who reminds him of his late daughter appears.

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Product Title: Poppoya (Blu-ray) (Special Priced) (Japan Version) Poppoya (Blu-ray) (廉價版)(日本版) Poppoya (Blu-ray) (廉价版)(日本版) 鉄道員(ぽっぽや) スペシャルプライス (Blu-ray) (廉価版) Poppoya (Blu-ray) (Special Priced) (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Takakura Ken (Actor) | Ando Masanobu (Actor) | Kobayashi Nenji (Actor) | Yoshioka Hidetaka (Actor) | Tanaka Yoshiko (Actor) | Shimura Ken (Actor) 廣末涼子 (Actor) | 高倉健 (Actor) | 安藤政信 (Actor) | 小林稔侍 (Actor) | 吉岡秀隆 (Actor) | 田中好子 (Actor) | 志村健 (Actor) 广末凉子 (Actor) | 高仓 健 (Actor) | 安藤政信 (Actor) | 小林稔侍 (Actor) | 吉冈秀隆 (Actor) | 田中好子 (Actor) | 志村健 (Actor) 広末涼子 (Actor) | 高倉健 (Actor) | 安藤政信 (Actor) | 小林稔侍 (Actor) | 吉岡秀隆 (Actor) | 田中好子 (Actor) | Shimura Ken (Actor) Hirosue Ryoko (Actor) | Takakura Ken (Actor) | Ando Masanobu (Actor) | Kobayashi Nenji (Actor) | Yoshioka Hidetaka (Actor) | Tanaka Yoshiko (Actor) | Shimura Ken (Actor)
Director: Furuhata Yasuo Furuhata Yasuo Furuhata Yasuo Furuhata Yasuo 후루하타 야스오
Blu-ray Region Code: A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Release Date: 2024-12-04
Publisher Product Code: BYTD-2001
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: No Subtitle
Place of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): Blu-ray
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1131503825

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製作国 : 日本 (Japan)
公開年 : 1999

[解説＆ストーリー]
北の果ての小さな終着駅で、不器用なまでにまっすぐに、鉄道員（ぽっぽや）としての人生を貫いてきた佐藤乙松。人生を振り返り思い出す、鉄道員としての生活と家族に対する様々な悔恨の念。そんな彼のもとに、ある日愛らしい少女が現れる。ありふれた出来事のように思えたこの出会いこそ、孤独な彼の人生に訪れた、やさしい奇蹟の始まりだった…。／原作は第１１７回直木賞を受賞し、大ベストセラーとなった浅田次郎の短編小説「鉄道員（ぽっぽや）」。この感動作の主人公・乙松に扮したのは日本を代表する俳優・高倉健。企画段階から乙松役はこの人しかいないと言われ、約二十年ぶりに東映作品への出演を果たしている。また、高倉とは初共演となる大竹しのぶや、９０年代を象徴するトップアイドルだった広末涼子、高倉とは共演作も多く親交の深い小林稔待、本格的な映画出演はこれが初めてとなった志村けんら各世代を代表する顔ぶれが名を連ねている。高倉健と共に「駅　ＳＴＡＴＩＯＮ」ほかの作品で数々のヒット作を世に送り出した監督の降旗康男や撮影の木村大作らスタッフが、北海道の厳しい自然を詩情豊かに映像化。原作のイメージを損なうことなく、愛と奇蹟の物語を幻想的に創りあげている。
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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 (1999) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
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

This customer review refers to Poppoya - Railroad Man
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

This customer review refers to Poppoya - Railroad Man
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

This customer review refers to Poppoya - Railroad Man (1999) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
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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