Devotion To Railway (1960)

Original title

大いなる驀進

Directed by

Hideo Sekigawa

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese drama about the dedication and hard work involved in building and maintaining a railway. The story follows the people who devote themselves to this important infrastructure project.

retroearnestinspiringdramaticnostalgicpatrioticdetermined

What happens

『大いなる驀進』（おおいなるばくしん）は、1960年11月8日に公開された日本映画。カラー、シネマスコープ（2.35:1）。製作・配給：東映（撮影：東映東京撮影所）。監督：関川秀雄、脚本：新藤兼人。出演：中村賀津雄、三國連太郎、佐久間良子ほか。 劇場公開時の同時上映作品は『ぽんこつ』（主演：江原真二郎）。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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