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Tokkan ekichô (1945)

Tokkan ekichô poster
Original title
突貫驛長
Directed by
Torajirō Saitō
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This comedy film is based on a four-panel manga about a train station chief and his staff. It shows wartime railway life with mostly female workers and cooperation between different transport groups.

lightheartedwhimsicalnostalgicplayfulenergeticsimpleobservational

What happens

『突貫驛長』(とっかんえきちょう)は、東宝が1945年(昭和20年)に製作した日本の映画である。『陸運新報』に連載された松下井知夫の4コマ漫画を原作としている。基本的には喜劇映画だが、国策映画の要素も強い。作中では駅長と助役以外の駅員が全員女性になっているなど戦争末期の鉄道の様子がわかる。また、国鉄と日本通運の作業員との協力関係もよくわかる。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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