Kitamichi (Moriyama Mirai) is a 19-year-old labor worker who only went far as middle school. He's now hooked on alcohol while playing around. Kitamachi develops feelings for Yasuko (Maeda Atsuko), who works in a used used bookstore, but he has never had a girlfriend or, currently, any friends. Kitamichi also meets Kusakabe (Kora Kengo) who he becomes friends with. Jealousy soon threatens their friendship. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 苦役列車
- Also Known As: Train of Hard Labor , Kueki Ressha
- Director: Yamashita Nobuhiro
- Screenwriter: Imaoka Shinji
- Genres: Life, Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Moriyama Mirai in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)]( "Moriyama Mirai in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)")
Moriyama Mirai Main Role -
![Maeda Atsuko in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)]( "Maeda Atsuko in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)")
Maeda Atsuko Main Role -
![Kora Kengo in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)]( "Kora Kengo in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)")
Kora Kengo Main Role -
![Taguchi Tomorowo in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)]( "Taguchi Tomorowo in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)")
Taguchi TomorowoShiga [Manager of used bookstore]Support Role -
![Makita Sports in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)]( "Makita Sports in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)")
Makita SportsIwao TakahashiSupport Role -
![Nakamura Asaka in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)]( "Nakamura Asaka in The Drudgery Train Japanese Movie (2012)")
Nakamura AsakaUzawa MinakoSupport Role
Reviews
A Movie That Makes One Care Deeply About a Loser
A serious, moving and brutally realistic movie about a 20-something loser who is continually attending peep shows and has a proclivity for offending people. Nevertheless, the screenplay and director did that miraculous thing of making the audience deeply feel for this character.The lead is, indeed, a loser, and not a "likeable loser" either, as many movies would portray, because the film does not gloss anything over or shade it in pink. This poor sap has never been taught social skills because he had no family, nor schooling. He had to drop out in 8th grade and go to work as a young teen (I guess high school is not mandatory in Japan as it is in the USA). My heart broke for him as it went on, even as I was constantly cringing and thinking, "Noooo, don't do that!" because I was so afraid he'd commit yet another anti-social act while being utterly clueless as to the fact that he was doing so.
But as heartbreaking as it was, it did end well with the lead sitting down to write, and thus having the promise of a career as a writer. This is not a spoiler because, you see, the movie is based on an autobiographical novel. Meaning, the lead was based on the novel writer who had written about truly having had this kind of life.
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