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

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

1993
1h 19m
6.1

6.1/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Animation Drama War History
Overview

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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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

escape world war ii russian soldier japanese occupation japanese army anime japanese invasion of korea

Quick Facts

Original Title お星さまのレール
Release Date October 7, 1993
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt3981582

Cast

Yoshino Takamori
Yoshino Takamori

Chitose "Chiko" Kobayashi (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka
Hideyuki Tanaka

Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice)

Keiko Han
Keiko Han

Masuko Kobayashi (voice)

Kenichi Ogata
Kenichi Ogata

Takeshi (voice)

Chika Sakamoto
Chika Sakamoto

Michiyo "Miko" Kobayashi (voice)

Reiko Suzuki
Reiko Suzuki

Shigeko (voice)

Tomoko Maruo
Tomoko Maruo

Ohana (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji
Shinpachi Tsuji

Sano (voice)

Hideyuki Umezu
Hideyuki Umezu

Takayashi (voice)

Chafurin
Chafurin

Village chief (voice)

Yuka Ôno
Yuka Ôno

Yohko (voice)

Issei Miyazaki
Issei Miyazaki

Yong-il (voice)

Key Crew

Satoru Namekawa
Director
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Screenplay
Hideo Asakura
Screenplay
Yûzô Hori
Producer
Satoru Ohtsuka
Producer
Mamoru Takeuchi
Executive Producer
Toshio Hirata
Director