Locomotive Teacher(2004)

🎬123 min
📅2004-07-31
🎭Drama

Overview

Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha Sensei" (Teacher Locomotive) after learning he is mute. The parents on the island are mostly hostile to Seigo Yoshioka, believing he is incapable of teaching their children. But with Seigo Yoshioka's determination and kindness, a strong bond develops between the students and the mute teacher, which then changes the parents' opinions of Seigo Yoshioka. Suddenly, tragedy then strikes ...

Production

Nippon Herald Films, dentsu, TV Asahi

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Cast

Kenji Sakaguchi
as
Masaaki Sakai
as
Mitsuko Baisho
as
Nene Otsuka
as
Masatô Ibu
as
Naoyuki Morita
as
Mantaro Koichi
as
Matsunosuke Shofukutei
as
Ayako Yoshitani
as
Seiji Chihara
as

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