Train Man

"A True Love Story"

The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

Cast

Takayuki Yamada

Densha otoko

Miki Nakatani

Hermes

Ryoko Kuninaka

Rika

Eita Nagayama

Hirofumi

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Hisashi

Tae Kimura

Michiko

Yoshinori Okada

Yoshiga

Ren Osugi

Middle-aged man in train

Hiroki Miyake

Tamura

Makoto Sakamoto

Muto

Momoko Shimizu

Schoolgirl on the train

Naomi Nishida

Hermes's friend