Rail Truck

Rail Truck

2010
1h 56m
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Overview

A tale of two islands and growing up as a stranger in a strange land, told with an artistry that recalls Hou Hsiao-Hsien at his best. Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short story of the same title (1922), Kawaguchi’s film moves the original early 20th-century Izu Peninsula to present-day Taiwan, where the strength of family ties is singularly put to the test. Yumiko (Machiko Ono), who married against her parents' wishes, has struggled on in stubborn determination since her husband’s death, moving her family from their Tokyo home to the verdant, rural Taiwan village of her in-laws. Her son Atsushi, strongly conscious that in ethnocentric Japan he is "different," is in a state of rebellion against both the society in which he has grown up and his mother. In their new home the family rediscovers the bonds that unite it.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
AMUSE J&K Entertainment Plenty Co. Torocco
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Mandarin Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title トロッコ
Release Date May 22, 2010
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1663216

Cast

Machiko Ono
Machiko Ono

Yumiko Yano

Kento Harada
Kento Harada

Atsushi Yano

Kyōichi Ōmae
Kyōichi Ōmae

Kai Yano

Liu Hong
Liu Hong

Grandpa

Chang Han
Chang Han

Meng-Jian (uncle)

Mei Fang
Mei Fang

Grand mother

One-Fang
One-Fang

Hua-Xin (aunt)

Bryant Chang
Bryant Chang

Zheng-Zhe (birdman)

Key Crew

Shing-Ming Huang
Writer
Hirofumi Kawaguchi
Writer
Hirofumi Kawaguchi
Director

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