Metacritic Film

Train Man

Starring Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryoko Kuninaka, Eita, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Tae Kimura, Yoshinori Okada, Naomi Nishida, and Ren Osugi

MPAA RATING: Not Rated

VIZ Pictures
Comedy  |  Foreign  |  Romance
105 minutes | Color
Japan
Released In Theaters September 22, 2006

Based on a true story that has become an internet phenomenon in Japan, Train Man is about an otaku (Japanese for geek) who saves a young woman from a drunken assailant on a commuter train, and instantly falls in love with her. (Imaginasian)

WRITTEN BY
Arisa Kaneko
Hitori Nakano (novel)

DIRECTED BY
Masanori Murakami

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

60 / 100

Critic Reviews

75 TV Guide
Sweet, goofy story.
60 Village Voice Drew Tillman
Adapted from a Japanese bestseller that's apparently based on true events, Train Man: Densha Otoko is a lot like its protagonist: sweet, weird, and likable despite some irritating quirks.
60 The New York Times
Though clearly aimed at teenagers, this unashamedly heartstruck movie is neither obsessed with sex nor driven to humiliate its characters. Compared to those of the average American teen movie, its ambitions are so innocent they’re almost childlike.
50 San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson
Director Shosuke Murakami efficiently packages the material, deftly weaving in the individual stories of Train Man's chat-room buddies and how his success also gives them courage.

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