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

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Yoshino Takamori

Chitose "Chiko" Kobayashi (voice)

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Hideyuki Tanaka

Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice)

Age : 73 | Popularity : 7%

Keiko Han

Masuko Kobayashi (voice)

Age : 71 | Popularity : 5%

Kenichi Ogata

Takeshi (voice)

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Chika Sakamoto

Michiyo "Miko" Kobayashi (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Reiko Suzuki

Shigeko (voice)

Age : 79 | Popularity : 5%

Tomoko Maruo

Ohana (voice)

Age : 27 | Popularity : 3%

Shinpachi Tsuji

Sano (voice)

Age : 67 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

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

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