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Train Man 2005 Directed by Shosuke Murakami 電車男

A True Love Story

The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Comedy , Romance
Production Companies TOHO , Fuji Television Network
Release Date 4 June 2005
105 mins
Cast
Takayuki Yamada
Takayuki Yamada Densha otoko
Miki Nakatani
Miki Nakatani Hermes
Ryoko Kuninaka
Ryoko Kuninaka Rika
Eita Nagayama
Eita Nagayama Hirofumi
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Kuranosuke Sasaki Hisashi
Tae Kimura
Tae Kimura Michiko
Yoshinori Okada
Yoshinori Okada Yoshiga
Ren Osugi
Ren Osugi Middle-aged man in train
Hiroki Miyake
Hiroki Miyake Tamura
Makoto Sakamoto
Makoto Sakamoto Muto
Momoko Shimizu
Momoko Shimizu Schoolgirl on the train
Naomi Nishida
Naomi Nishida Hermes's friend
Crew
Director
Shosuke Murakami
Shosuke Murakami
Writers
Hitori Nakano
Hitori Nakano
Arisa Kaneko
Arisa Kaneko
Producer
Akihiro Yamauchi
Akihiro Yamauchi
Music
Takayuki Hattori
Takayuki Hattori