Train Man(電車男)

Name: Train Man
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Japan · 2005
1h 45m
Director Masanori Murakami
Starring Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryoko Kuninaka, Eita Nagayama
Genre Comedy, Romance

Densha Otoko (translated as Train Man) is a Japanese movie based on the purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

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San Francisco Chronicle by

Director Shosuke Murakami efficiently packages the material, deftly weaving in the individual stories of Train Man's chat-room buddies and how his success also gives them courage.

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Though clearly aimed at teenagers, this unashamedly heartstruck movie is neither obsessed with sex nor driven to humiliate its characters. Compared to those of the average American teen movie, its ambitions are so innocent they’re almost childlike.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

Sweet, goofy story.