Train Man
2005 · Movie · 1h 45m
ComedyRomance
"A True Love Story"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
60/100
Key crew
- Hitori NakanoWriter
- Shosuke MurakamiDirector
- Arisa KanekoScreenplay
Cast
- Takayuki YamadaDensha otoko
- Miki NakataniHermes
- Ryoko KuninakaRika
- Eita NagayamaHirofumi
- Kuranosuke SasakiHisashi
- Tae KimuraMichiko
- Yoshinori OkadaYoshiga
- Ren OsugiMiddle-aged man in train
- Hiroki MiyakeTamura
- Makoto SakamotoMuto
- Momoko ShimizuSchoolgirl on the train
- Naomi NishidaHermes's friend
Stills
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Themes
based on true storyromancetrainsocial anxietyotakuotaku culturedensha otoko