Densha Otoko (Movie)

[AznGrl86]

I thought this movie was a really cute story ^^



Starrs:

Takayuki Yamada -(Train_Man / Densha Otoko)
Miki Nakatani - Hermes
Eita - Hirofumi (twixter)
Tae Kimura - Michiko (housewife)
Ryoko Kuninaka - Rika (nurse)
Kuranosuke Sasaki - Hisashi (business man)
Yoshinori Okada - Yoshiga (geek 1)
Hiroki Miyake - Tamura (geek 2)
Makoto Sakamoto - Muto (geek 3)
Naomi Nishida - Hermes' friend
Momoko Shimizu - Schoolgirl
Ren Osugi - Drunkard

Synopsis:

According to his account, he had been sitting next to a beautiful woman on the train when a drunken man entered the car and began bothering the other passengers, most of whom were female. When the drunk began to badger a particular woman, the poster took the risk of telling the man to stop bothering the passengers. The two struggled for a short time while the other passengers used this distraction to summon the conductor, who took control of the situation.

Never having done such a thing in his life, the poster was amazed to find the woman thanking him deeply for saving her from harassment. They exchanged addresses and parted ways. The poster, upon returning home, began talking with other posters in the thread and was eventually nicknamed "Densha Otoko" (Train Man).

A few days later, Densha Otoko received a package from the woman: an expensive set of cups and saucers made by Hermès. Flabbergasted, the man turned to the 2channelers for advice; he was soon convinced that the tea set was too expensive to be a mere thank-you gift. Following the advice and suggestions of the other posters, Densha Otoko eventually contacted the woman.

After an enjoyable first date, they began meeting regularly, Densha Otoko all the while posting updates and asking for advice on everything from restaurant choices to what clothing to wear. Following their collective advice, he got a haircut, updated his wardrobe, and began to emerge from his shell. After several dates, his personality had changed for the better and this culminated a few months later in his confessing his love for her. She reciprocated, and when the 2channelers were informed, there was a mass celebration; posts began flowing in congratulating the new couple, and extravagant ASCII art pictures were posted. Because 2ch has an enormous impact on net culture in Japan, this story quickly spread throughout the media.

[scavengers]

i love this one very much~
with support from the online community
the train man evolves n changed in matter of minutes
hehehhe 8/10 from me

[kooky unnie]

ooOOOOoo sounds like a pretty neat movie haha gosh imma be watching alot of movies XD

[chicAnn]

This sounds like a nice story. I'll keep it in my "to watch" list. Thanks for the review!

[wendy101_9]

i am to say this
but this movie sucks

[Hyde0104]

Movie version

The movie version, Train Man: Densha Otoko, starred Takayuki Yamada and Miki Nakatani was a big success at the box office, making the story of Densha Otoko popular. In a small movie theater in Tokyo, anyone who said that they were an otaku got a discount on tickets for the movie.

Atsushi Itō and Miho Shiraishi, who both played Densha Otoko in the television series, has a cameo appearance as another character in the movie. Yamada also appears in the TV series, in a cameo in the first episode.

VIZ Media, through its Viz Pictures arm, gave the film a limited release in the United States on September 22, 2006, with a DVD release scheduled for February 6, 2007, and an accompanying manga series. [1] The movie had previously screened at Anime Expo and Otakon 2006.

I get it from : wikipedia.org

[yuukun]

must say i've never heard about this dorama turn movie yet it sounds pretty good....=)....wonder if it's available in sydney......i wouldn't mind watching it......well if i do i'll know where to go torave about it....

[kiwi_koi]

This movie was certainly different to most I've seen, but I really liked it. It was great to see densha otoko change and become more confident and get the girl, all with the help of people he'd only met online!

[maywan]

Train man was cute and predictable..too bad we never found out their names..

[ykato]

There is a TV series version of this, which I thought was much better than the movie. The characters in the TV series are funnier, the Train Man is much geeky-er and Hermes-san is so much prettier. You will find yourself laughing and feeling for the charcters a lot more. I definitely recommend the TV version.

By the way, the movie Train Man has a cameo on the TV series, and the TV series Train Man and Hermes-san appears at the very end of the movie (after the credits)