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
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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)
Kenichi Ogata
Chiko's Grandfather
Hideyuki Tanaka
Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Chiko's Grandmother
Keiko Han
Masuko Kobayashi (voice)
Tomoko Maruo
Ohana
Chika Sakamoto
Michiyo 'Miko' Kobayashi (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji
Sano
Toshio Hirata
Director
Satoru Namekawa
Director
Hideo Asakura
Writer
Hideyuki Umezu
Takayashi (voice)
Chitose Kobayashi
Writer
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Writer
Chafurin
Village chief (voice)
Yuka Ôno
Yohko (voice)
Yûzô Hori
Producer
Issei Miyazaki
Yong-il (voice)
Michiko Neya
Hatsue (voice)
Junji Kitajima
Guide (voice)
Koji Ishii
Interpreter (voice)
Eiji Itou
Station staff (voice)
Yuko Sumitomo
Yukiko (voice)
Johnny Nomura
Officer (voice)
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Cinematography
Harutoshi Ogata
Editor
Koichi Sakata
Music
Yuji Ikeda
Art Direction
Satoru Ohtsuka
Producer
Mamoru Takeuchi
Executive Producer
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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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.