Locomotive Teacher

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 123 min
  • Premiere: 2004. July 31.

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 ...

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Art

Shigemori Shigeta

Production Design

Camera

Kazuhiro Suzuki

Director of Photography

Directing

Ryuichi Hiroki

Director

Editing

Lighting

Sound

Ryouichi Kuniyoshi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Shôtarô Oikawa

Screenplay

Masato Katō

Screenplay

Art

Shigemori Shigeta

Production Design

Camera

Kazuhiro Suzuki

Director of Photography

Directing

Ryuichi Hiroki

Director

Editing

Lighting

Sound

Ryouichi Kuniyoshi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Shôtarô Oikawa

Screenplay

Masato Katō

Screenplay