Rail of the Star

Rail of the Star
Rail of the Star
Japanese	お星さまのレール
Hepburn	O Hoshisama no Reeru
Directed by
Written by	;
Music by
Production; company	Madhouse
Release date	10 July 1993 (Japan);
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Rail of the Star (お星さまのレール, O-Hoshisama no Rail), is an anime film based on '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.^{[citation needed]}

Plot[]

Chitose Kobayashi, a seven-year-old Japanese girl, raised in the Sinuiju of Korea occupied by Japan during World War II, completely ignored what it meant to be at war, but unfortunately she soon discovered that it affected the soldiers so much that they fight on the mountain front like the civilians living far away from the battlefield.

World War II begins for her the day her father receives a letter that forced him to enlist in the army and leave for the front.

Subsequently, a series of devastating events that mark her childhood occur. Miko, Chitose's younger sister, dies of typhoid; Ohana, her Korean servant girl and friend, is fired after committing imprudence; and Japan surrenders to the Allies.

Upon returning from her father, already in times of peace, the Russians invaded North Korea and the whole family was forced to leave that country. After unearthing the ashes of Miko, they must board a train that will take them further south of the 38th parallel, where the Americans are. However, they are forced to abandon it halfway to escape an inspection of the North Koreans. Another of the setbacks with which they have to face is the disorientation to walk on unknown roads, which causes them to move in circles throughout the day, but manage to follow the map drawn by the stars in the sky. As they progress, the difficulties will increase until they reach an emotional outcome.

Broadcasting[]

Voice cast[]

Yoshino Takamori as Chitose Kobayashi (Chiko)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Kazuhiko Kobayashi
Keiko Han as Masuko Kobayashi
Kenichi Ogata as Takeshi
Chika Sakamoto as Michiyo Kobayashi (Miko)
Reiko Suzuki as Shigeko
Tomoko Maruo as Ohana
Shinpachi Tsuji as Sano
Hideyuki Umezu as Takayashi
Chafurin as Village Chief
as Yohko
Issei Miyazaki as Yong-Il
Michiko Neya as Hatsue
as Guide
Koji Ishii as Interpreter
as Station Staff
as Yukiko
as Officer

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Galbraith, Stuart IV (1996). The Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 Through 1994. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 112. ISBN 0786400323. OCLC 77649243.

External links[]

Rail of the Star at IMDb

[Galbraith-112-1] Galbraith, Stuart IV (1996). The Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 Through 1994. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 112. ISBN 0786400323. OCLC 77649243.

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