"Signal, okay!" ""Otomatsu Sato to be stationmaster at Horomai"" "Horomai!" "How was the trip?" "Heavy snow" "No passengers" "Even a dummy would be a good companion" "A dummy?" "Me?" "A gift from us all." "Please accept it" "For me?" "For your late daughter" "It's her memorial day" "She's still in your memory." "She's happy" "Thank you" ""In memory of Yukiko Sato" "Died January 5, 1 978"" "the Railroader" "Track open for the next train" "Thanks." "It warmed me" "You're welcome" "Greenhorn!" "Yes" "They are for you to drink on trip" "Drink this and keep your eyes open" "Good coffee" "Thank you" "Outbound closed" "Inbound open" "Signal, okay" "Start!" "Rear, okay" "Signal, okay" "I've got a grandson!" "I'm a grandpa now." "Happy New Year!" "Happy New Year!" "I'm a grandpa now" "Will you see Oto today, Pop?" "About his new job..." "I'm trying to find one, but..." "I know" "If only our subsidiary company wants him" "The trouble is..." "Despite our worries, he isn't eager to get a new job" "He thinks he'll never quit the railroad" "But there's the age limit" "They gave me a new job, but not him." "I'm sorry for him" "Toshi" "Was the location good?" "Yes" "No other restaurants around" "Business will be good" "We'll renovate it" "You bought it?" "It's our chance." "Yours is there" "Why don't you take care of my old restaurant?" "Me?" "Who'd take care of my station?" "But you..." "I'm busy" "It's old and shabby, but..." "I just can't leave it without tears" "Granny" "Is it all right?" "I told you" "We can't stay here doing nothing" "This town is dying, but we aren't" "Rear, okay" "Signal, okay" "The train just left" "Watch out!" "It's slippery" "You like trains?" "There'll be no other... train before sunset" "Are you home for the holiday season?" "I'm going to school" "First grade, huh?" "Be careful!" "I hope it won't snow" "No need for a snowplow tonight" "Yeah" "I'll be going" "To see Oto?" "Mister Sato" "He's a stationmaster" "He used to be a great engineer Respect him" "What are you shooting?" "What are you shooting?" "The last chance... to see that engine" "Take mine" "A souvenir" "They don't have to take pictures" "Because it's valuable" "Some people came along way to see it" "Then, why abandon this line?" "Because it doesn't pay anymore" "Shall we go slowly after the express?" "There may be deer on the track" "Be careful" "I'll return tomorrow" "I understand" "Start" "But this line has been..." "losing money for years" "No passengers during the high school vacation" "They could've... abandoned it long ago" "It did make a profit once" "It had its heyday" "Don't you remember?" "It hauled coal..." "Coal from the Horomai mines" "The town was booming then" "Is the company waiting... for Oto's retirement?" "No." "They don't care about it" "No way" "My age limit is next autumn" "You'll be a director at the Tomamu Hotel" "It's no secret at Biyoro" "Not decided yet" "A hotel tycoon hires me" "I can't work... dressed in a dark suit, bowing to customers..." "You and Oto are... typical railroaders" ""Start!"" "What's that?" "Oto's-l men-Stationmaster Sato's war cry" "Six minutes late" "Oto's on the platform" "Blow the horn" "He's been standing in the cold" "It's below zero" "He's a railroad hero" "That's a railroader" "He wouldn't work in a dark suit... at a resort hotel." "He's proud" "Horomai" "Hello" "Welcome back" "Hi, Sen!" "Happy New Year!" "Happy New Year!" "You came here for greetings?" "You could've phoned" "You've got no place to go" "You pity me?" "Thanks" "Six minutes late" "No rest" "Any passengers?" "None" "Here you are" "Shall we go?" "Yes" "Thanks for the treat" "You've gained a little weight" "Blame the holiday food" "New year's food from my wife" "Thanks." "Is she fine?" "As usual" "I'll send off the train" "Shizue!" "Can you see?" "My man?" "Not yet." "Try to live" "He's on duty at the station" "He'll take the last train" "He's a man like that" "Indeed" "He's true to his job He loves the railroad" "He's a real... railroader" "Ridiculous!" "How can you be so mean to your wife?" "Why didn't you come before she died?" "Shut up" "Even if you were on duty, you could have come" "Poor Shizue!" "Oto" "Why?" "Why don't you cry?" "Cry for her" "I'm a railroader" "Her death is a private matter" ""Wave the flag when you want to fight"" ""Sound a whistle when you want to cry"" ""Cry your lungs out when you want to yell..."" "The railroader" "Tough work" "No." "I'm finished" "I'll take a bath" "Really?" "But you'll have to work longer" "Very tough" "Not at all" "Be careful" "Trouble?" "I go right now" "What's that?" "A lost article" "It's very old" "Yeah" "No kids would play with it nowadays" "What?" "Just a cup" "No." "I'm still on duty then, eat some New Year's food" "Fine" "Even your letters are rigid" "What?" ""Lost articles:" "A doll"" "At last you're off duty It's New Year's Day" "How many years since your wife died?" "How many years?" "Only two" "Come here" "Thanks for the food" "Just a little" "Happy New Year!" "Since my wife died..." "I haven't made a New Year's feast" "Didn't the restaurant owner bring the food?" "Toshi's new Italian restaurant in Biyoro will open this year" "They're busy" "Leaving?" "They have few customers here" "Only one in three days" "You'll be lonely" "No" "This town is more like an old people's home" "I won't be lonely" "Oto..." "What?" "I'll start working at the Tomamu resort in spring next year" "Tomamu?" "Across two mountains On the Sekisho Line" "They're building four big hotels" "Ski in winter, golf in summer..." "They expect lots of tourists" "Why don't your work there with me?" "You'll retire from rail service" "I can squeeze you in the staff" "Sen" "You don't have to squeeze me in" "No thanks" "Why not?" "I'm not used to even riding an escalator" "But you're an engineer" "No" "All I know is railroading, nothing else" "I learned from experience" "I'm not fit for another job" "Sen" "What?" "Hideo, your son..." "I hear he tried to help me" "He couldn't" "He's a college graduate... so he'll get promotions, but... he's not in a position to help you yet" "Is that so?" "I thought if he could come with me to see you, but... he'll be on duty tomorrow" "And his wife had a baby" "He's busy" "Your grandchild?" "You love it?" "Of course I do" "Sen" "Will your son make a railroader out of your grandson, too?" "Then he will be the third generation" "I wonder" "I wish I had a son" "Is it born?" "My wife?" "You're sweating." "Wipe your sweat" "You're sweating, too" "Don't be shy" "No, thanks" "It's born?" "I'm glad" "Congratulations!" "I'm happy" "Congratulation!" "For your promotion and childbirth" "I'm really happy" "But Shizue isn't young" "Childbirth is hard work" "A boy, or a girl?" "A girl" "Are you okay?" "You see her?" "She can't succeed you" ""Yukiko"" "Her name." "Means "snow child"" "Will she be as beautiful as this snow?" "Your home is far" "Have another cup and warm yourself" "My home is near" "It's delicious" "Nice compliment" "It's not that." "It's really tasty" "Right?" "It makes a nice souvenir" "Thank you" "Yukiko's crying." "Is she all right?" "Sure." "All babies cry" "Another round?" "No" "Wake up!" "Dear!" "Come to the hospital" "If someone replaces me" "A taxi's waiting for you at Biyoro" "Go ahead!" "Rear, okay" "Signal, okay" "Hello" "Shizue" "What?" "It can't happen!" "Shizue!" "Hello!" "Horomai!" "Six minutes late" "My condolences, Stationmaster" "Your baby's dead" "But you came to see her, waving the flag" "Because I'm a railroader" "What else can I do?" "Who else would wave the train signals?" "Or line the switch?" "Your child..." "Yukiko..." "She's back only when she's as cold as snow" "The last train left" "Oto, drink and sing!" "It tastes good" "What will you do?" "How many times must I ask you?" "You're a widower" "As your old friend, I should be" "That's why I'm worried" "You must tell me what you'll do" "I won't go home before you do" "I'm not asking you to" "Not again!" "What'll you do?" "Tell me exactly" "I'll do nothing" "Mr. Otomatsu Sato!" "Come on!" "Forget it, Sen" "Forget it?" "I can't" "You won't be able to live here after you quit" "Where do you plan to live?" "Tell me that, at least" "Yukiko died here" "My wife, too" "But you'll have to leave" "What'll you do?" "The mines are closed" "Only 200 old people are left" "What if something happens?" "I know you're secretly sick." "You can't tell when you'll have an attack" "You've got to be prepared for it Take my advice" "Don't worry." "Let me worry about myself" "That's that" "I am worried" "I'm going to get a new job after the age limit" "But unless you do the same," "I won't be happy with it" "Sen!" "It's time to go to bed" "Help me" "Help me once again" "Oto, let's be together" "Stay near me" "Sen!" "Oto" "What's wrong?" "I inhaled gas!" "Wait till we get out!" "Sen!" "Sen!" "Sen!" "Sen, Sen..." "Oto..." "Oto" "Sen" "Oto" "I want to work with you forever" "When I work at the Tomamu Resort," "I'll find you a good job" "Sen" "I..." "I'm useless off the railroad" "An engineer, you can do anything" "I'm stubborn, like my old man" "He was my hero, so I joined the railroad" "We were linked somewhere on the same track" "Tracks can bend You can, too, if you want" "Do you remember?" "When our union had a strike and stopped all trains, we carried those young workers fresh from school to Tokyo" "Yes." "We did" "I can't bend" "Not anymore" "Not at my age" "Good!" "After we take the kids, we'll continue the strike" "Those kids are going far from their parents" "All we can do is take them to Tokyo safely" "Right" "We are internationalists" "Shall we sing the Communist song?" "Then they'd lose their jobs" "Let's pray for the success of... the boys and girls who'll work in Tokyo!" "Long lives!" "Blow the whistle!" "Let them remember the sound!" "Stationmaster!" "Stationmaster" "Stationmaster!" "Stationmaster" "What do you want?" "My doll is missing" "Are you her sister?" "I'll turn on the light" "That one?" "Yes" "She said she lost it" "Now you found it" "I don't know you." "Where do you live?" "Near the shrine." "I'm Sato" "But there are lots of Satos in town" "Me, too" "Near the shrine?" "Isa's daughter?" "Torao's?" "We came to my grandpa's house" "Don't walk alone at night" "No bears will come... but you might slip or fall in a ditch" "I'll take you" "Never mind" "Why?" "It's not far" "And the moon is bright" "How old?" "Twelve" "Junior high school?" "You have long legs" "Primary" "The last year" "Really?" "Lavatory?" "A leak?" "I'm afraid." "Will you escort me?" "All right" "Look." "It's there" "Nothing to fear" "What's wrong?" "Please stay here" "Alright" "Promise" "I promise" "Hello" "For your girl?" "How about this?" "Handmade." "It's valuable" "A doll for a newborn baby?" "Oto's hasty" "It's his first gift." "I'm glad" "I'll make a dress for her" "He loves you very much" "What a nice father!" "Thank you" "Not at all." "Warm yourself" "The stove" "A friend of mine." "He's a walrus" "A sleeping fatso!" "Sleepy?" "No." "It's hot" "Thanks" "Your family must be worried" "I'll take you home" "Have a sip" "No thanks" "Close your eyes" "Close your eyes" "A surprise" "If I close my eyes?" "Really?" "Nothing happens" "What?" "!" "I kissed you!" "No joking" "I'll be back tomorrow." "Bye!" "Be careful" "What is it?" "Nothing" "She came for this, but forgot to take it" "I want to take it, but..." "She lives near the shrine." "Name's Sato" "A child?" "Yes, a girl" "What time?" "One o'clock" "You had a dream" "She's from the city." "She sits up late" "Maybe Snow Lady" "If it was Snow Lady who kissed me, I'd be frozen" "Kiss?" "Was she really there?" "Hey!" "Oto, are you sure it was a girl who kissed you?" "No" "Wasn't it her mother or grandma?" "Anyway, it's a kiss" "Get lost" "Really" "Sen, sleep here" "Oh?" "You still keep those things we used long ago?" "Good old days!" "It still smells..." "The smell of rust and coal" "The smell of the mold on an old station" "My eyelids and hands were dark with coal dust" "I thought they'd never be clean" "But somehow or other, as time passed, they got clean" "They got clean and tamed" "They used to knock five or six guys down in a fight" "It was long ago." "Forget the past" "Don't be smart!" "Dad!" "Stop!" "It's no fun to push a drunk around Stop it, will you?" "Shut up, railroader!" "None of your business!" "Damn Communists!" "What?" "!" "You regular workers easily go on strike" "It's us temporary workers who lose our job for it" "Shut up!" "Immigrant miners like you break strike and shorten the life of a mine" "I came from the south thinking" "I could work here till I die" "But the mine's closed now" "Because of you lazy workers!" "Watch your tongue!" "Don't push your luck!" "You can't talk to us like that!" "Stop!" "Don't bully him!" "He's alone" "So you want to fight for him?" "Interesting!" "Let's get out!" "Let's get out!" "Stop it!" "Sit down, everybody!" "Stand up only when you pay your bills" "Drink on the house tonight" "Drown your worries in sake" "Excuse me" "I'll wave neither the Red Flag nor the Rising Sun" "I'll wave my own flag of sake" "Sonny, what'll you have?" "A bowl of chicken and eggs?" "Or pork and rice?" "All right, I'll make it for you" "This way" "It hurts!" "He could stay here... but he'll have work tomorrow" "His barracks isn't far" "Take care" "Can you walk alone?" "Try to walk alone" "Come on!" "Dad!" "Hey!" "Don't sleep!" "Keep awake!" "Don't worry, son" "He's strong" "It's cold tonight" "Let's throw snowballs" "You're home!" "Your mom?" "Only Dad and I came from Kyushu" "Mom left home with my sister" "So I must take care of him" "Bring sake!" "Sake and a basin!" "A basin!" "When your dad is back, eat with him" "For him from the restaurant" "How's it going?" "I didn't think it was easy It really isn't" "I told Toshi we'd have a feast" "Shall I order food from the restaurant?" "Don't lie to kid" "Can I tell Toshi our idea tonight?" "That we want to adopt him The sooner, the better" "I see" "He'll succeed you" "But..." "Railroaders and miners are alike" "They aren't good jobs" "Still, you want him to be a railroader It's in your eyes" "No joking" "What are you doing?" "Auntie cooked it all" "Eat your fill" "It's delicious." "Shall I cut the cake?" "I'll make some tea" "Are you all right?" "Toshi needs a "mother" to take care of him" "I must go to the hospital, so I can't stay home" "I'll give him up" "I'll take care of him anyway" "Whether I adopt him, or what he will be... is for us to decide, after discussing it" "I think it's our fate" "I talked with my husband" "We'll help you... so please adopt him as your child" "One bottle of milk is enough" "An old woman needs two for her bones" "My bones?" "Look at me" "I'm younger than you" "You needn't do that" "Toshi's passport?" "Where in Italy?" "How many times must I tell you?" "Bologna" "Bologna" "I'll learn cooking at school" "How long?" "It depends." "He's smart" "He'll learn quickly" "So, Oto, he'll be away for years" "As I told you, I adopted him" "I'm old." "Anything can happen" "Toshi won't leave me" "Congratulations, Toshi!" "It's your chance." "Try hard" "I'm sorry" "It's your son's leap into the world" "Don't be" "Congratulations, Toshi!" "It's your chance." "Try hard" "Thanks." "Take care of Granny" ""Granny," huh?" "His passport" "He's wearing a tie." "Looks great" "Thanks to the teacher" "We must thank her" "Thank you" "Thanks" "Italian cuisine is good" "So are your lunches" "But lunches are common" "Italian food will be popular" "Let's have a toast" "We don't have wine, but sake will do" "Sake during the day?" "I hear, in Italy, even kids drinks wine" "What?" "The first lesson in Italian food for you all" "Stationmaster, drink to the future Italian chef" "Your passport" "Let me pour" "Toshi, try hard." "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Oto, your wife must be worried, too" "So is my wife" "I told her I'd convince you this time by all means" "Maybe I'm too forward, but I'm trying to find nice apartment in Tomamu for you" "Oto" "Sen" "Good morning" "How's your restaurant?" "It'll be ready" "What did you name it?" "Well?" "Hi, Toshi!" "The Biyoro stationmaster will patronize you" "But you must name it first" "Granny suggested we keep it a secret till it's ready, but..." "I'll tell you" "It's "Locomotiva"" "Meaning?" "A locomotive in Italian" "Granny likes it" "Then we must give you a present" "No, no" "You've always been kind to us" "Don't mention it" "It's great" "I'll present a big wreath to celebrate the opening" "Sleep on my proposition" "Please leave me alone" "What'll happen to this engine?" "It's old" "Built in 1 957" "We were feeding coal to the steamers then" "Will it be scrap?" "If lucky, it'll go to a museum or a park" "Sometimes God appears quickly" "Won't they put me in a museum, too?" "Answer me later" "Signal, okay" "Start!" "Rear, okay" "Horomai Station" "This is Sapporo Headquarters Hold the line" "Hello." "Happy New Year!" "This is Hideo" "Hideo?" "Happy New Year!" "You're part of management now" "Your father returned to Biyoro" "I couldn't go to see you yesterday" "I'm sorry" "That's all right" "My father said you aren't worried, but" "I'm trying to find you a railroad job" "Only it isn't easy" "Don't worry about me" "Listen" "I believed my father's saying and practiced it." "He said..." ""Steam engines will rebuild This country after the war"" ""Work with them"" "So I did" "I became an engineman" "Now I'm going to end my career as a railroader" "I did my best." "No regrets" "Hideo" "Thanks just the same" "Don't use the phone for things like this" "Hang up" "Wait!" "Wait uncle" "What happened?" "Here's news for you" "The Horomai Line will be closed earlier than planned... at the end of the term... at the end of March" "You'll be notified later this week, but" "I wanted to tell you first" "I'm sorry." "It's bad news" "Thanks" "Thanks, Hideo, for your consideration" "Uncle, I'm extremely grateful to you" "I could go to school for many years because you ran the train, rain or shine" "between school and home" "I can't explain well" "Thanks to you, I could get my education" "Forget it" "Besides my stuff..." "You're a railroader A member of the staff" "You have a lot of work" "Try your best" "Thanks" "What is it?" "I was right" "What?" "A baby" "Ah" "Our baby" "The doctor said so" "Really?" "True?" "Two months and a half" "It's been seventeen years!" "People can see us" "That doesn't matter" "It does" "Sometimes I don't understand you" "If you're happy, say so" "Stop it" "No!" "Look at me" "Say, "You're great!"" "Never!" "Come on!" "I've always felt indebted to you" "I was sorry for you Because I couldn't give you a child" "For 1 7 years!" "I thought God was mean to me" "As I saw Hideo, my heart pained" "I never blamed you" "You did" "I didn't" "You did!" "You did!" "You did!" "I knew you blamed me" "I knew..." "They're watching us" "Hello, stationmaster!" "Oh?" "Another sister of the girl's?" "How do you know?" "Why not?" "It's the third time" "My sister troubled you last night" "I'm sorry" "No." "I enjoyed her company" "Go in" "Please" "Thank you" "Her doll is there" "Are you back with your parents?" "Yes" "Is your mother Yoshie at Enjo Temple?" "I look like her?" "Oh?" "Your uniform looks like that of old Biyoro High School" "But they wear track suits now" "Some uniforms look alike" "You look like Yoshie as a high school student" "Then I'll serve you a cup of sweet soup" "I made it a while ago for the trainmen" "I don't know if it's good" "Eat it" "I feel fine now that I found out" "I was wondering whose daughters they were" "Who could be old and pretty enough to be your mother?" "Yoshie" "Your mother was the best" "She was the leader of students at Biyoro High School" "The priest must be glad... to live with three pretty granddaughters" "Why?" "Do I look funny?" "No." "Your uniform is wonderful" "This one?" "I have a new one" "But I prefer this" "I like railroads" "I'm in railfan club at school" "You like it?" "Few girls do, but..." "Look" "You don't see these old ticket-servers anymore" "I'll show you something" "Come here" "Come in" "Great!" "A D-51 engine plate!" "It's worth a lot!" "A C-26 pressure gauge!" "Take anything you like" "Really?" "Anything?" "Even that D-52 plate?" "Sure" "The priest, your grandpa, is always kind to me" "I am donate, too" "Wonderful!" "So many valuable things!" "A diesel engine whistle?" "A D-51 whistle!" "What a collection!" "It's good" "It's ready" "I'll eat with you" "Thank you" "Then I'll eat" "Please eat" "It's sweet!" "Good?" "Stay a little longer" "Enmyou Temple isn't far" "Wonderful!" "You look nice!" "This one..." "I had a girl" "She died soon" "It was our fault" "We let her sleep in the wind" "We didn't know she caught cold" "We should've taken her to the hospital quickly" "The Horomai Line will be closed" "What'll happen?" "It'll be gone" "The station?" "The track?" "This building?" "They'll be gone" "Gone?" "It'll turn to wilderness like it once was" "Wilderness..." "Back to the barren fields before the railroad came" "They'll forget it was here" "Sad?" "Sad?" "I have no regrets" "There's nothing I can do" "Memories will remain" "Nice, happy memories..." "Well, we talked a lot tonight" "The train's coming" "I'll take you home later" "Have a good rest" "It's getting colder" "Put this on" "Sen's waiting, the hospital's open for you." "Don't worry" "Dear" "What?" "I'd planned to take care of you for the rest of your life, but" "I guess not" "You'll get well quickly" "That worries me" "Stationmaster, can I get started?" "Start!" "Rear, okay" "Signal, okay" "Cold, isn't it?" "Here's hotchpotch." "It'll warm you" "What?" "It's a treat." "Did you make it?" "I used the food in your fridge" "Good" "You made this all so quickly?" "Can I use this?" "Sure." "It belonged to my late wife" "I'm surprised" "You're a good cook" "Beer?" "You know how to cook food without wasting it" "You'll make a good wife" "Here" "Thanks" "A little" "I don't know, but it's like magic" "I want to marry a railroader" "I must make meals quickly" "You're qualified" "Then I'll eat" "Thank you" "Good?" "Good" "I feel my heart is full of emotion" "Why?" "I'm a lucky man" "I did what I wanted to do, and I couldn't save my wife and daughter" "But everybody around is kind to me" "I'm really happy" "Really?" "Yes, I mean it" "I can die any moment now" "It's really delicious" "Wait" "Hello" "Happy New Year, priest!" "Your granddaughter is here" "She's lovely" "She even cooked for me" "That's right" "That's right" "Goodbye" "Can such a thing happen?" "Yukiko?" "Yukiko" "Why lie to me?" "Because you might be afraid" "I'm sorry" "Why afraid of you?" "What father..." "would be afraid of his daughter?" "I'm sorry" "You came here... to show me how you'd have grown up, if you hadn't died" "You appeared at first as a little girl with a doll" "You came again at night a little older... in a high school uniform" "1 7 years!" "You showed me how you'd grow up in seventeen years" "You showed it to me" "You had nothing good in your life." "Right" "I died without giving you anything to please you" "So I..." "I remember this doll." "It's that one..." "The one your mother put in your coffin" "I treasured it" "You bought it for me at Biyoro" "Mother made a vest for it" "That's right" "But..." "That day." "When you died..." "I was here" "I swept the snow off the platform" "I wrote a report on this desk:" ""All correct today"" "You're a railroader What else could you do?" "I don't mind it at all" "I'm sorry" "Thank you, Father" "I'm happy" ""All correct today"" "Put him inside" "Poor Oto!" "He died content... on the snow-covered platform" "I'll run it" "You?" "Don't worry" "I ran steam and diesel engines for twenty years" "I'm better at it than you" "They wouldn't like to see me do it" "Cover the windows" "Oto, I'll see you only in dreams from now on" "Let's give this old thing its last drive together" "Start!" "Stationmaster" "The sound of the horn touches my heart" "I like the "bullet" train, but the diesel horn sounds better" "For no reason" "You know I feel like crying" "Not really" "Our railroaders still have work to do" "Not yet" "Not taught railroader is ever moved to tears"