Movie
Train Man (2005)
A True Love Story
Comedy · Romance
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.
Director: Shosuke Murakami Starring: Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryoko Kuninaka, Eita Nagayama
Train Man Cast
- Takayuki Yamada as Densha otoko
- Miki Nakatani as Hermes
- Ryoko Kuninaka as Rika
- Eita Nagayama as Hirofumi
- Kuranosuke Sasaki as Hisashi
- Tae Kimura as Michiko
- Yoshinori Okada as Yoshiga
- Ren Osugi as Middle-aged man in train
- Hiroki Miyake as Tamura
- Makoto Sakamoto as Muto
- Momoko Shimizu as Schoolgirl on the train
- Naomi Nishida as Hermes's friend