The Railway Man (2013)

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Synopsis

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

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Where does The Railway Man rank today?
The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.7 million movie & TV show fans per day.

The Railway Man is 4225 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 2656 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Spring on Zarechnaya Street but less popular than We'll Take Manhattan.

Rank		Title
4221.		Its Name Was Mormo	+2660
4222.		SLAY	+2675
4223.		The Invisible Man	+2628
4224.		We'll Take Manhattan	+2515
4225.		The Railway Man	+2656
4226.		Spring on Zarechnaya Street	+2636
4227.		Popcorn	+2670
4228.		The Condemned	+2644
4229.		Love Hurts	+2672

Streaming charts last updated: 17:27:58, 17/12/2025

Cast

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Eric

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Patti

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Finlay

Jeremy Irvine

Jeremy Irvine

Young Eric

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Nagase

Tanroh Ishida

Tanroh Ishida

Young Nagase

Michael MacKenzie

Michael MacKenzie

Sutton

Jeffrey Daunton

Jeffrey Daunton

Burton

Tom Stokes

Tom Stokes

Withins

Bryan Probets

Bryan Probets

Major York

Tom Hobbs

Tom Hobbs

Thorlby

Sam Reid

Sam Reid

Young Finlay

Akos Armont

Akos Armont

Jackson

Takato Kitamoto

Takato Kitamoto

Japanese Officer

Keith Fleming

Keith Fleming

Removal Man

Ben Aldridge

Ben Aldridge

Baliff

Yutaka Izumihara

Yutaka Izumihara

Japanese NCO

Louis Toshio Okada

Louis Toshio Okada

Hank the Yank

Micheal Doonan

Micheal Doonan

Doctor Rogers

Shoota Tanahshi

Shoota Tanahshi

Japanese Mechanic

Peter Tuinstra

Peter Tuinstra

Pump Operator

Shogo Tanikawa

Shogo Tanikawa

Japanese Engineer

Ben Warren

Ben Warren

Cook

Yasuhiko Miyauchi

Yasuhiko Miyauchi

Japanese Sergeant

Keiichi Enomoto

Keiichi Enomoto

Sakamoto

Masa Yamaguchi

Masa Yamaguchi

Kempai Officer

Ewen Leslie

Ewen Leslie

Captain Thompson

Shinji Ikefuji

Shinji Ikefuji

Thug Sergeant

Jack McTaggart

Jack McTaggart

Australian Soldier

Sarah McVicar

Sarah McVicar

Nurse

Therese Bradley

Therese Bradley

Mother

Byron J. Brochmann

Byron J. Brochmann

British Trooper POW (uncredited)

Marta Dusseldorp

Marta Dusseldorp

Memsahib (uncredited)

Charlie Ruedpokanon

Charlie Ruedpokanon

Japanese Guard (uncredited)

Kate Rutter

Kate Rutter

Jean

Inessa Kraft

Inessa Kraft

Nurse

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