A fairytale fever dream on public transit where everyone's handsy and nobody's innocent.
In a dream, a man meets his fairytale princess. After waking up, he hope to finds her. Anything (and anyone) can be found on the Groper Train.
Direction
Mototsugu Watanabe's efficient 62-minute chaos machine.
Production
Gleefully cheap sets that somehow enhance the dream logic.
Costume
Fairytale princess cosplay meets commuter drab.
Director
Mototsugu Watanabe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Groper Train' (Chikan Densha) series spawned over a dozen entries in 1980s Japanese pink film, capitalizing on real social anxieties about subway harassment by eroticizing them.
Director Mototsugu Watanabe was a Nikkatsu studio workhorse who somehow directed both this and children's programming, proving Japan's entertainment industry has no meaningful boundaries.
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