Film

Locomotive Teacher

2004 · 2h 3m · Drama

IMDb

6.8

Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha Sensei" (Teacher Locomotive) after learning he is mute. The parents on the island are mostly hostile to Seigo Yoshioka, believing he is incapable of teaching their children. But with Seigo Yoshioka's determination and kindness, a strong bond develops between the students and the mute teacher, which then changes the parents' opinions of Seigo Yoshioka. Suddenly, tragedy then strikes ...

Kenji Sakaguchi

Masaaki Sakai

Mitsuko Baisho

Nene Otsuka

Masatô Ibu

Naoyuki Morita

Mantaro Koichi

Matsunosuke Shofukutei

Ayako Yoshitani

Seiji Chihara

Hideo Sako

• Ryuichi HirokiDirector
• Masato KatōScreenplay
• Shôtarô OikawaScreenplay
• Shizuka IjûinNovel
• Kazuhiro SuzukiDirector of Photography
• Ryouichi KuniyoshiOriginal Music Composer
• Hani MituhashiEditor

Release date

July 31, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 3m

Genres

Drama

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