Poppoya

Poppoya (鉄道員) 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.

Synopsis
A railway station master at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the line serving the village is scheduled for closure, an erstwhile colleague offers him a job at a resort hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railwayman. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.

Cast

 * Ken Takakura: Otomatsu Satō
 * Shinobu Otake: Shizue Satō
 * Ryōko Hirosue: Yukiko Satō
 * Hidetaka Yoshioka: Hideo Sugiura
 * Masanobu Andō: Toshiyuki Yoshioka
 * Ken Shimura: Hajime Yoshioka
 * Hirotarō Honda : Miner
 * Tomoko Naraoka: Mune Katō
 * Yoshiko Tanaka: Akiko Sugiura
 * Nenji Kobayashi: Senji Sugiura