Romance Express

Romance Express

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 4, 1961

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

特急にっぽん

Production Companies

TOHO

Director

Yūzō Kawashima

Description

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.