Aru kikan joshu

  • Noriaki Tsuchimoto
  • 1963
  • Japan
  • 37 minutes
  • Japanese
  • DR
    DR

Between Ueno and Mito lies the only section of non-electrified track on the Joban line. The steam engine still transports its daily trainload of thousands of passengers. A day in the life of the train-driver and his assistant who, in their cramped cabin, share both work and worries.

  • Production : Iwanami Production
  • Distribution : Siglo
  • Sound : Tetsuo Yasuda
  • Photography : Sakae Negishi