Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children and War

Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children and War (1993)


  • Genre: Animation, Drama, War, History
  • Release Date: 1993-10-07
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 19min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Directors: Satoru Namekawa, Toshio Hirata.
star 6.1/10
From 4 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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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  • Yoshino Takamori

    as Chitose "Chiko" Kobayashi (voice)
  • Hideyuki Tanaka

    as Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice)
  • Keiko Han

    as Masuko Kobayashi (voice)
  • Kenichi Ogata

    as Takeshi (voice)
  • Chika Sakamoto

    as Michiyo "Miko" Kobayashi (voice)
  • Reiko Suzuki

    as Shigeko (voice)
  • Tomoko Maruo

    as Ohana (voice)
  • Shinpachi Tsuji

    as Sano (voice)
  • Hideyuki Umezu

    as Takayashi (voice)
  • Chafurin

    as Village chief (voice)
  • Yuka Ôno

    as Yohko (voice)
  • Issei Miyazaki

    as Yong-il (voice)
  • Michiko Neya

    as Hatsue (voice)
  • Junji Kitajima

    as Guide (voice)
  • Koji Ishii

    as Interpreter (voice)
  • Eiji Itoh

    as Station staff (voice)
  • Yuko Sumitomo

    as Yukiko (voice)
  • Johnny Nomura

    as Officer (voice)
Directing Satoru Namekawa Director
Crew Hitoshi Yamaguchi Cinematography
Art Yuji Ikeda Art Direction
Production Satoru Ohtsuka Producer
Writing Hideo Asakura Screenplay
Editing Harutoshi Ogata Editor
Writing Tatsuhiko Urahata Screenplay
Sound Koichi Sakata Music
Production Mamoru Takeuchi Executive Producer
Writing Chitose Kobayashi Original Story
Production Yûzô Hori Producer
Directing Toshio Hirata Director

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