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.
Crime + Drama in Japan
203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Man on the Train itself).
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
Man on the Train holds position #148 of 247 Japan films in the 2001–2003 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Man on the Train premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other Japan films in 2002.
The 1449th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
80 audience reviews — more than 72% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (72th percentile) outruns trending popularity (34th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
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 |