Amid post-war Japan’s unprecedented economic recession, the Japanese National Railways (JNR) was faced with a huge deficit leading to large-scale layoffs meeting with protests from the workers’ union. The union, the government, United States Forces Japan, representatives from business circles and JNR personnel gather in a tense meeting. Tetsujin Shimoyama has just begun his tenure as the inaugural JNR director. He finds himself at a crossroad. Should he stop the trains that are about to derail? Or let the trains run, tearing the future apart?

Playwright	Ming Lai
Director	Chan Pui Lam
Dramaturg	Lau Shau Ching
Cast	Chan Kiu
	Eddy Au Yeung
	ManMan Kwok
	Clinton Zhang
	Poon Tai Ming
	Dee To
	Tunes Ting
	Kalok Chan
	Chow Chi Fai
Lighting & Video Designer	Lai Ka Ki
Music & Sound Designer	Venus Hui*
	*Internship arrangement with  the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Photo Credit: Ken Ho