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Rail Truck (2010)

1h 56mDrama
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Synopsis

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.

Movie Information

Director
Hirofumi Kawaguchi
Writers
Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Shing-Ming Huang
Release Year
2010
Runtime
116 minutes
Genre
Drama
Language
JA
Country
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Machiko Ono — cast portrait as Yumiko Yano
Machiko Ono
Yumiko Yano
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Kento Harada
Atsushi Yano
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Kyōichi Ōmae
Kai Yano
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Liu Hong
Grandpa
Chang Han — cast portrait as Meng-Jian (uncle)
Chang Han
Meng-Jian (uncle)
Mei Fang — cast portrait as Grand mother
Mei Fang
Grand mother
One-Fang — cast portrait as Hua-Xin (aunt)
One-Fang
Hua-Xin (aunt)
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Bryant Chang
Zheng-Zhe (birdman)

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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.

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