Romance Express (1961)

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.

Directing:
  • Yūzō Kawashima

Writing:
  • Ryōzō Kasahara
  • Bunroku Shishi

Stars:
Release Date: 1961-04-04
  • Country: JP
  • Language: 日本語
  • Runtime: 85