rail & train in japanese cinema

[Gay Jean Triplett]

In Kurosawa's High and Low the Kidnappers use the shinkansen to ensure they
get their money without interfereence from the police ( it can't stop and the
windows don't open but a few inches)

Gay Jean Triplett

Luc BEAL wrote:
> 
> Hi guys!
> 
> can somebody recommend me  academic publication on the role of trains and
> railroads in japanese cinema? I am particularly interested by :
> 
> - the representation of trains in Anime movies (high tech objects or
> nostalgic representation)
> 
> - examples of 'detective movies'  in which Train timetables and connexions
> between trains play a key role in the solution of the investigation (I
> remember reading a novel called "tokyo express', by Guy stanley, on that
> theme).
> 
> Also,  if somebody can suggest me an essay on the theme of trains in cinema
> (not only Japan).
> 
> thank you very much in advance.
> 
> Luc BEAL.
> 
> PS : I cannot recall the name of the japanese movie (is it :"the tatooed
> woman"?) where a young woman travelsevery month during one year  by long
> distance train to have her body tatooed. Does anyone know which movie it
> can be?
> 
> tks