Locomotive Teacher (機関車先生) 19 years old

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 ...

Credits

Mitsuko Baisho as

Masatō Ibu as

Ayako Yoshitani as

Nene Otsuka as

Mantarô Koichi as

Hideo Sako as

Locomotive Teacher Cast

Name	Character
Mitsuko Baisho She was 57, now 77 years old
Masatō Ibu He was 55, now 75 years old
Ayako Yoshitani She was 12, now 32 years old
Nene Otsuka She was 36, now 55 years old
Mantarô Koichi
Hideo Sako
Naoyuki Morita
Seiji Chihara He was 34, now 54 years old
Kenji Sakaguchi He was 29, now 49 years old
Matsunosuke Shofukutei

Locomotive Teacher Crew

Name	Department
Ryūichi Hiroki as Director. He was 50 (now 70) years old	Directing
Masato Kato as Screenplay. He was 41 (now 61) years old	Writing
Jun'ichi Kikuchi as Editor.	Editing
Shôtarô Oikawa as Screenplay.	Writing

Locomotive Teacher (19 years)

Release day: Saturday, July 31, 2004
Runtime: 123 minutes