| Poppoya | |
| Director: | Yasuo Furuhata[1] |
| Producer: | Jun'ichi Shindō Tan Takaiwa |
| Starring: | Ken Takakura |
| Music: | Ryoichi Kuniyoshi Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Cinematography: | Daisaku Kimura |
| Editing: | Kiyoaki Saitō |
| Distributor: | Toei Company |
| Runtime: | 112 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Gross: | [2] [3] |
is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4] It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[5] The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
A railway station master at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the line serving the village is scheduled for closure, an erstwhile colleague offers him a job at a resort hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railwayman. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.[6]