Japanese train films

[George Robinson]

Bullet Train (1975 or thereabouts) is a good thriller -- the Jan de Bont 
Speed is essentially a rip-off of it, relocated to a bus (!).
There's a pretty significant train sequence in High and Low.

George Robinson

La guerre, un massacre de gens qui ne se connaissent pas, 
au profit de gens qui se connaissent mais ne se massacrent pas.

War, a massacre of people who do not know each other, 
to the profit of people who know each other but do 
not massacre each other. 

--Paul Valéry 



Rob Smith wrote:
> Here are some quick IMDb links for the ones I can think of off of the 
> top of my head:
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> I Just Didn't Do It: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0794350/
> Hana and Alice: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407851/
> Railroad Man: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206216/
> Cafe Lumiere: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412596/
> The Taste of Tea: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413893/
> Nobody Knows: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/
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> Long shots:
> A Gentle Breeze in the Village: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997184/ 
> (this is more of a train tracks movie than a train movie. They do take 
> the train to Tokyo at one point, though.)
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> April Story: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146271/ (The story begins in 
> a train station in Hokkaido)
>
> Suicide Club: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312843/ (Some... scenes 
> take place on subway platforms)
>
> All About Lily Chou-Chou: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297721/ (Some 
> important scenes take place on the subway, and in the train station)
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> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Brian Ruh <brianruh at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:brianruh at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Since reading this article [1] in the Japan Times, I've been
>     thinking about Japanese trains. (I love things like subway cars
>     and trains. I think it stems from growing up in a place where
>     there wasn't anything like that.) Can anyone recommend any good
>     Japanese films that prominently feature trains, stations, etc.?
>     (When I try a Google search on the subject, I'm inundated with
>     results for Densha Otoko.)
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>     Any time period or genre would be great. (I particularly like the
>     train scenes in Shinkai Makoto's "5 Centimeters Per Second" even
>     though they're animated.) Thanks in advance!
>
>     [1] http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080909jk.html
>
>     Best,
>     Brian
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