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Night on the Galactic Railroad

銀河鉄道の夜
1985 108 min 12 Adventure · Animation · Drama · Family · Fantasy

Japan's most beloved children's book is now a hauntingly beautiful feature film.

Here's a film that wants to be both whimsical and melancholy. A lonely boy escapes his hardscrabble existence on a train trip through the cosmos. The phantasmagorical journey is certainly one way to avoid your problems.

Directed by Gisaburō Sugii · Written by Minoru Betsuyaku

Starring Mayumi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Junko Hori, Kaori Nakahara, Yoshie Shimamura, Reiko Niimura

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