Station (film)

Station
Theatrical poster for Station (1981)
Directed by	Yasuo Furuhata[1]
Written by	So Kuramoto
Starring	Ken Takakura Chieko Baisho
Music by	Ryudo Uzaki
Cinematography	Daisaku Kimura
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	November 7, 1981
Running time	132 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Station (駅 STATION Eki Station) is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Among many awards, it was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.^[2]

Cast

• Ken Takakura: Eiji Mikami
• Chieko Baisho: Kiriko (1979) Michio
• Ayumi Ishida: Naoko Mikami (1968)
• Setsuko Karasuma: Suzuko Yoshimatsu (1976)
• Kai Atō: Ryosuke Honjo
• Yu Fujiki: Ichiro Mikami
• Akihiko Hirata
• Ryo Ikebe: Chief Nakagawa
• Ken Iwabuchi: Yoshitaka Mikami
• Tanie Kitabayashi: Masayo Mikami
• Yuko Kotegawa: Fuyuko Mikami
• Sachiko Murase: Ryosuke's mother
• Hideo Murota: Shigeru Morioka
• Toshiyuki Nagashima: Michio Mikami
• Akira Nagoya: Takada
• Jinpachi Nezu: Goro Yoshimatsu
• Junkichi Orimoto
• Hideji Otaki: Aiba
• Kei Sato
• Tetsuya Takeda
• Kunie Tanaka: Sugawara
• Minori Terada: Chikaraishi
• Ryudo Uzaki: Yukio Kinoshita
• Masako Yagi: Aiba's wife

Reception

Awards and nominations

5th Japan Academy Prize^[3]

• Won: Best Picture
• Won: Best Screenplay - Sou Kuramoto
• Won: Best Actor - Ken Takakura
• Won: Best Music - Ryudo Uzaki
• Won: Best Sound Recording - Nobuyuki Tanaka
• Nominated: Best Director - Yasuo Furuhata
• Nominated: Best Actress - Chieko Baisho
• Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ryudo Uzaki
• Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ayumi Ishida and Setsuko Karasuma
• Nominated: Best Cinematography - Daisaku Kimura
• Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Hideki Mochizuki
• Nominated: Best Art Direction - Yukio Higuchi

References

1. Infobox data from "駅 STATION" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05. and Eki Station (1981) at the Internet Movie Database
2. "Awards for Eki Station (1981)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
3. "第5回 日本アカデミー賞". Japan Academy Prize. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009. (Japanese)

Bibliography

• Eki Station (1981) at the Internet Movie Database
• "駅 STATION" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
• "駅 STATION" (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
• "駅 STATION" (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-05-05. External link in |publisher= (help)
• "EKI". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-05-05. External link in |publisher= (help)