Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Crossroads (2011)

Crossroads poster
Original title
RAILWAYS 愛を伝えられない大人たちへ
Directed by
Masatoshi Kurakata
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
G
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A train driver about to retire learns that his wife wants to go back to nursing after years as a homemaker. They argue and she leaves home, showing how hard it is for them to share their true feelings. Set along the Toyama Chihou Railway, it follows their struggle to reconnect.

nostalgictendermelancholicbittersweetquietslow-burnunfussyearnestatmospheric

What happens

『RAILWAYS 愛を伝えられない大人たちへ』(レイルウェイズ あいをつたえられないおとなたちへ)は、2011年11月19日に富山県で先行公開、12月3日に全国公開の2011年の日本映画。 定年退職を1か月後に控えた電車の運転士・滝島徹は、妻・佐和子から結婚を機に寿退職していた看護師の再就職を宣言される。突然のことに二人は口論となり、受け入れられなかった佐和子は家を飛び出してしまう。本当の気持ちが伝えられず、すれ違う二人の想い…。 雄大な北アルプスの立山連峰を望む富山地方鉄道を舞台に夫婦の愛と絆を描く、RAILWAYSシリーズの第2弾。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?