Train Man : Densha Otoko

Densha Otoko is a heart warming, uplifting film. Its a wonderful underdog love story with great story telling. It incorporates a dynamic ensemble cast enabling it to strike resonance with almost any audience. As is to be expected with any foreign film, there will be increased appreciation if you understand the culture from which it comes, but even without an understanding of modern Japanese culture, or more specifically, Tokyo life-style, it is still a touching tale with very entertaining conventions. Being foreign, it can't be given a rating such as G, PG, PG-13, etc., but I would easily rate it as a PG movie. It is good, wholesome, and provides endearing redeeming qualities for every character. Based on an autobiographical novel, it lends itself to the believability that you seldom find in the romantic comedy genre. Naturally, some departures have been made from the original story for the sake of fluidity, but many of the storytelling mechanisms used in the movie are directly derived from the book, making it poetically interesting as well. I'm not one to give story details in reviews, but if you are concerned with the attractiveness of the story, note that the success of the original book spawned an anime series, a television series and this movie, all of which sustained impressive popularity in Japan. Summation: You can't go wrong with this pick.

This movie is a story about how the Internet can influence the lives of its users, both positively and negatively. Train Man (hereafter referred to as Densha Otoko) is a 22-23yo otaku [anime geek] who's never had a relationship in his life. This suddenly when he helps save a beautiful woman from a drunkard on the train ride home. That's where he gets his name from. From there, Densha goes onto 2chan, the Internet's largest bulletin board system forum. He asks for advice and eventually, thousands of people across the net encourages him and cheers him on as he fights the standards and himself in his quest for true love. This story is apparently true, but after hearing the commentary, I would say it's existence on the Internet is totally true...but in real life? I'm not so sure. However, whether it actually is true or not, the story of Densha Otoko changed thousands of lives across Japan and even the world. If you love romance and don't mind English subtitles in a foreign film, then this film is a pure delight. Highly highly recommended.

I thought this movie would be a great movie to watch, but it wasn't that good at all.

Train Man is a very funny, touching and twisted story of a young guy who falls in love with an older woman. The only problem is he is a Otaku who has no social skills. In fact, outside of the world of computers, anime and the world wide web, he has no other skills to speak of. So the people on 2ch, the most popular and largest bulletin board in Japan and the world, decide to help him with hints, advice and encouragement. In the end his own actions also encourage them to turn off the computers, step outside and face the real world. With Otaku commentary, an ASCII art dictionary, culture tips and Train Man manga information, this disc has a lot of extras. I enjoyed watching this film and would suggest it to everybody into Japanese culture, Otaku culture or just enjoys a good love story. Even if it isn't true.

What a delightful movie. I went into it not knowing if I would enjoy this story or not since it seemed aimed more at young people but it was a very refreshing take on the first love of a socially awkward, aka geeky, Japanese, young man. It turned out to be surprisingly genuine and sweet. I loved all the different nerd characters and how they helped each other to become more socially competent people via the internet chat. The whole movie just had a very innocent charm about it and I would recommend it. In some ways it reminds me of the Japanese movie Boys On The Run in that both stories are about geeky guys who are still virgins and who want to find a girlfriend, I liked that movie too although Boys On The Run has a little less innocence about it than this movie does.

I was very surprised at the DVD for this movie. Being such an old movie, I thought maybe it would just be an instant load movie with no menu options. The menu options surprised me a lot. There was so much good stuff in there to watch and to learn about. The movie itself, of course, is great. A very refreshing and honest take on how a lot of introverts act when engaging with others. More than that, this movie also offers the stories of side characters that grow along with Train Man. A great movie that I would recommend anyone to watch.

This was an awesome movie. I teach a basic high school Japanese course and had been looking for a film about contemporary young people in Japan without anything sexual or violent. I was worried at first if they would find it too romantic but surprisingly they were riveted from the opening scene, in Akihabara, the Tokyo Electronics district. The film gives lots of insight into the habits, language, and social lives of Japanese twenty-somethings. It was a bonus that the film's characters are mostly "otaku", geeks, like my students, so they could really relate to the characters' difficulties interacting with live humans in the real world, even as they fluently socialize with each other online. Good flick, lots of fun, emotional at the end. It's in Japanese, so you need subtitles if you're not fluent.

My product was damaged. The case was almost all destroy

And so 'Train Man' makes it's appearance as a movie after the novels, manga, TV adaptations and more.... This is a fun enjoyable movie of how a geek tries to woo an upmarket businesswoman. The one fault, however, is the guy plaing the geek is so annoying at times you do wonder how anyone could be interested in him. He basically comes across as a stalker! The Viz Pictures dvd has a high quality print with a couple of fun extras. There's a commentary bu 'otaku' specialists which is actually well worth listening too - as enjoyable as the movie itself. A good, but not essential, buy.