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

Top 10 Billed Cast

Yoshino Takamori
鷹森淑乃

Chitose "Chiko" Kobayashi (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka
田中秀幸

Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice)

Keiko Han
潘恵子

Masuko Kobayashi (voice)

Kenichi Ogata
緒方賢一

Takeshi (voice)

Chika Sakamoto
坂本千夏

Michiyo "Miko" Kobayashi (voice)

Reiko Suzuki
鈴木れい子

Shigeko (voice)

Tomoko Maruo
Chiko

Ohana (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji
辻親八

Sano (voice)

Hideyuki Umezu
梅津秀行

Takayashi (voice)

Chafurin
茶風林

Village chief (voice)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1993-10-07

  • Average

    6.1

  • Rating:

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    日本語
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