Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children and War (1993)
1h 19m
Running Time
October 7, 1993Release Date
Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children and War (1993)
1h 19m
Running Time
October 7, 1993Release Date
Plot.
A young Japanese actress remembers her war childhood in Korea. Her father goes to fight, her baby sister Miko dies of typhoid, her beloved Korean maid Ohana is fired due to a mistake which could cost Chiko her life... By and by Chiko realizes that the country is being ruled by the Japanese and the Koreans are persecuted. When the war ends, the Koreans chase the Japanese rule and the roles change. Now Chiko's family is unwanted. But then the Russians come and this is the end. They have to burn all the pictures to avoid all suspicions... even Miko's picture. But when the Russians come to their house, they decide to flee over the 38th Parallel towards freedom. A group of men, women, children struggles along the mountains, led by the light of the Northern Star. Along the way they meet a Korean man, who is willing to help them to escape the Russian soldiers although his family was killed by the Japanese.
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Cast & Crew.
Yoshino Takamori
Chitose 'Chiko' Kobayashi (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice)
Keiko Han
Masuko Kobayashi (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Takeshi (voice)
Chika Sakamoto
Michiyo 'Miko' Kobayashi (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Shigeko (voice)
Tomoko Maruo
Ohana (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji
Sano (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Takayashi (voice)
Chafurin
Village chief (voice)
Yuka Ôno
Yohko (voice)
Issei Miyazaki
Yong-il (voice)
Michiko Neya
Hatsue (voice)
Junji Kitajima
Guide (voice)
Koji Ishii
Interpreter (voice)
Eiji Itoh
Station staff (voice)
Yuko Sumitomo
Yukiko (voice)
Johnny Nomura
Officer (voice)
Satoru Namekawa
Director
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Cinematography
Yuji Ikeda
Art Direction
Satoru Ohtsuka
Producer
Hideo Asakura
Screenplay
Harutoshi Ogata
Editor
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Screenplay
Koichi Sakata
Music
Mamoru Takeuchi
Executive Producer
Chitose Kobayashi
Original Story
Yûzô Hori
Producer
Toshio Hirata
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 7, 1993
Original Nameお星さまのレール
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
anime
world war ii
escape
japanese occupation
russian soldier
japanese army
japanese invasion of korea
Wiki.
Rail of the Star (お星さまのレール, O-Hoshisama no Rail), is an anime film based on Chitose Kobayashi's autobiographical novel of the same name, produced on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Japanese Movie Center.
It narrates the vicissitudes suffered by the Kobayashi family after the armed conflict of the World War II, focused according to Chitose's vision at the time.
It was produced by TV Tokyo, animated by Madhouse and directed by Toshio Hirata; its premiere in Japan was on July 10, 1993.
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