Japanese train films

[dburall1@rochester.rr.com]

What a great article! I immediately thought of Galaxy Express 999 (Ginga tetsudo 999) and Night on the Galactic Railway, both narratives centered on train travel.

There is also a silent film that recently (within last 3-4 years?) surfaced, Tokkyu sanbyakku ri (Nikkatsu Kyoto, 1928) with some pretty good on-the-tracks action.  If you're really nostalgic for old trains, Nijo station in Kyoto is the place to go--you'll feel like you died and went to heaven, and you can also pick up some great train documentaries (VHS when I got them but maybe now DVD too) with titles like "Japan's Steam Locomotives" (footage from NHK archives).

Joanne Bernardi


---- Brian Ruh <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!
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> [1] http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080909jk.html
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> Best,
> Brian
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