Romance Express

1961· 85 min★ 7.0· Comedy

Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.

Cast: Frankie Sakai, Reiko Dan, Yumi Shirakawa

Director: Yūzō Kawashima