Railway Man (original Movie of the Same Name Starring Takakura Ken and Hirosue Ryoko)
About This Novel
The winning work of the 117th Naoki Prize. The masterpiece of Jiro Asada, the master of contemporary Japanese warmth, was recommended with tears by 1.5 Million readers! The short story "The Railway Man" of the same name won the Special Award at the 16th Japan Adventure Novel Association Awards. The movie of the same name, starring Takakura Ken and Hirosue Ryoko, won nine major awards at the Japan Film Academy Awards. These are all gentle miracles that happen to you. Acethon, the webmaster of a remote small station, lost his wife and daughter many years ago, and now he has to leave the post he has held for his whole life; Kyouichi, who is nearly middle-aged, was accidentally demoted to a remote branch when his career was going smoothly; Chieko, who was abandoned by her parents, faced her husband's affair and the censure of her husband's family, she could not find a place to stay. Just when they were about to despair, those loved ones they thought they would never meet again unexpectedly appeared in front of them again... These are the gentle miracles that happen to you.
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