
The Drudgery Train (2012) on Netflix
Kanta Kitamachi, 19, works as a day laborer and spends his wages on drink and sex. He befriends Shoji Kusakabe and falls for Yasuko Sakurai, who works at a used bookstore.
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- IMDb6.8/10486 votes
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Plot summary
In 1986, Kanta Kitamachi is nineteen and has worked as a day laborer since he finished junior high school, after his family broke apart over a sex crime his father committed. He lives from one day to the next, reading is his only pleasure, and most of what he earns goes on alcohol and sex; rent is not something he thinks about. Then Shoji Kusakabe, a vocational school student, strikes up a conversation with him on the shuttle bus to a temporary job, and Kanta has a friend for the first time. He has long had a crush on Yasuko Sakurai, who works part time at a used bookstore, and through Shoji the two become friends. He has known girls only through sex and has no idea how to go about a relationship.
Cast
Mirai Moriyamaas Kanta Kitamachi
Kengo Kôraas Shoji Kusakabe
Atsuko Maedaas Yasuko Sakurai
Makita Sportsas Iwao Takahashi
Tomorowo Taguchias Secondhand Bookstore Manager
Miwako Wagatsumaas Host of Squid Tempu Program
- Hiroshi Satoas Male Worker
Mamiko Itoas Sumiyo
Tsutomu Takahashias Kenji Maeno
Shôhei Unoas Man Soliciting Business
- Asaka Nakamuraas Minako Uzawa
- Kouji Tsujimotoas Moderator of Squid Tempu Program


















