Japan Synopsis
L'Homme du train
“A poet. A thief. Two strangers with nothing in common are about to trade their lives for a chance to cheat their destinies.”
A man, Milan (played by Johnny Hallyday) steps off a train, into a small French village. As he waits for the day when he will rob the town bank, he runs into an old retired poetry teacher named M. Manesquier (Jean Rochefort). The two men strike up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
247 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Man on the Train sits at position #148.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Man on the Train premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,929 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #231 of 402 (top 57%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | Fr |
| Production Companies | Zoulou Films, Tubedale Films, FCC, Ciné B, Pandora Filmproduktion |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | September 2, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0301414 |