Japanese train films

[Michael Kerpan]

My favorite train scene is a very extended one in Naruse's "Apart From Us", featuring the young leads on a trip to visit the girl's family. This is not only charming in terms of content -- but technically quite impressive (clearly shot in a real moving train).

There is a set of marvelous mother-daughter train scenes in Somai's criminally neglected Ohikkoshi (book-ends around the extended -- and stunning -- climax of the film).

MEK

--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Brian Ruh <brianruh at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.)