---
title: 'Poppoya (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yasuo Furuhata'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/poppoya-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206216/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Poppoya (1999)

1999 · 112 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 鉄道員

## Synopsis

Poppoya , also known as The Railroad Man, is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yasuo Furuhata](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuo-furuhata)
- **Screenplay:** [Jirō Asada](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiro-asada)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto)
- **Director of Photography:** [Daisaku Kimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisaku-kimura)

## Cast

- [Hidetaka Yoshioka](https://cinepixo.com/people/hidetaka-yoshioka)
- [Yoshiko Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiko-tanaka)
- [Nenji Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nenji-kobayashi)
- [Ryōko Hirosue](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryoko-hirosue)
- [Ken Takakura](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-takakura)
- [Shinobu Ōtake](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-otake)
- [Ken Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-shimura)
- [Masanobu Andō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masanobu-ando)
- [Tomoko Naraoka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoko-naraoka)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/poppoya-1999
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