Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children and War (movie)
Alternative title:
O-Hoshisama no Rail (Japanese)
مسرح الحياة (Arabic)
お星さまのレール (Japanese)
Genres:
drama
Plot 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.
User Ratings:
51 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
79 minutes
Vintage:
1993
Premiere date:
1993-07-10 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 1
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Rail of the Star (Dub.VHS) 1998-11-11 (from $11.00) |
Rail of the Star (Sub.VHS) 1998-11-11 |
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Director: Toshio Hirata
Unit Director: Satoru Namekawa
Music: Kōichi Sakata
Character Design: Yoshinori Kanemori
Art Director: Yūji Ikeda
Animation Director: Katsunori Kimizuka
Original Novel: Chitose Kobayashi
Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Background Art:
Emiko Koizumi (Atelier BWCA) Hideaki Kudo (Studio Wyeth) Hirofumi Shiraishi (Atelier BWCA) Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth) Mariko Toyama (Studio Take One) Masako Okada (Madhouse) Naruyo Kiriyama (Madhouse) Noriko Kaneko (Atelier BWCA) Sachiko Kato (Madhouse) Seon Geun Han (Madhouse) Shigenori Takada (Studio Wyeth) Shinichi Uehara (Madhouse) Shinobu Takahashi (Studio Wyeth) Tomoko Sasaki (Studio Take One) Toshiyuki Yoshimura (Atelier BWCA) Yasunari Usuda (Atelier BWCA) Youngil Park (Madhouse) Yuka Okamoto (Atelier BWCA) Yuko Fujie (Studio Take One) Yūko Kobayashi (Studio Wyeth)
Color design: Osamu Mikasa
Color setting: Masahiko Tamaru
Coordination: Masaaki Kubota (T&K Telefilm)
Key Animation:
Chen Hong Gu Diao Huang Kahoru Hirata Masaru Kitao Nobumasa Shinkawa Qing Fu Chen Rong Hui Du Rui Xia Chen Tsukasa Abe Yoshiharu Ashino Yoshihito Hishinuma Yu Lei Zhang Yūzō Satō
Paint:
Hua Zhang Kaeko Matsuo Lian Hong Wu Ping Mao Zhang Rong Rong Liu Tomoko Fukushima Xiao Fei Chen Yu Guo Ying
Planning: Kisuke Shikamoto
Production Design: Masao Maruyama
Recording: Kunio Andō (Aoi Studio)
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Takeshi Takadera (Magic Capsule)
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Supervision: Mamoru Takeuchi
Theme Song Arrangement: Yasuo Higuchi
Theme Song Composition: Kōichi Sakata
Theme Song Lyrics: Tokiko Iwatani
Theme Song Performance: Hiromi Iwasaki
Titles: Hidetaka Ushio
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Yoshino Takamori as
Chika Sakamoto as
Hideyuki Tanaka as
Keiko Han as
Kenichi Ogata as
Reiko Suzuki as
Tomoko Maruo as
Yuka Ōno as
Chafūrin as
Eiji Itō as
Hideyuki Umezu as
Issei Miyazaki as
Johnny Nomura as
Junji Kitajima as
Kōji Ishii as
Michiko Neya as
Shinpachi Tsuji as
Yūko Sumitomo as
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Animation Production: Madhouse
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation: Shanghai Chaoyang Animation
Music Production: Sakata Music Office
Music Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Production: TV Tokyo
Publicity: Major, Inc.
Publicity Assistance: N&N
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Released by: JVC
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
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Director: Gary Dehan
Script: Gary Dehan
Project Translator: Kuni Kimura
Executive producer: John Ledford
Audio Mixing: Paul Killam
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Logo Design: Andy Orjuela
Packaging Design: Andy Orjuela
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production Engineer: Dan Rockwell (Subbed VHS)
Production Intern: Nancy Semin
Sound Design: Paul Killam
Sound Engineer: Charles Campbell
Subtitle Script: Janice Williams
Voice Stunt Director: Charles Campbell
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Catherine Glynn as
Amy McAndrew as
Christopher Shea as
Diane Perella as
Gary Dehan as
Glen Zoch as
Jackie Belvin as
Jessica Schwartz as
Patricia Goldwater as
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Broadcaster: Locomotion (Latin America)
Distributor: Xystus (Latin America)
Licensed by: Xystus (expired)
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