Father of the Milky Way Railroad

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

2023•2h 8m•6.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(7)

Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and religion.

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Production

Kinoshita Group, Kino Films, Twins Japan

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Miyazawa Masajiro

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Miyazawa Kenji

Nana Mori

Nana Mori

Miyazawa Toshi

Yudai Toyoda

Yudai Toyoda

Miyazawa Seiroku

Maki Sakai

Maki Sakai

Miyazawa Ichi

Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Miyazawa Kisuke

Riku Nakamura

Riku Nakamura

Moka Ishikawa

Moka Ishikawa

Nobue Iketani

Nobue Iketani

Kinako Kobayashi

Kinako Kobayashi

Motoki Kobayashi

Motoki Kobayashi

Hajime Inoue

Hajime Inoue

Shingo Mizusawa

Shingo Mizusawa

Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

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