Rail of the Star (1993)

Original title

お星さまのレール

Directed by

Satoru Namekawa, Toshio Hirata

Genre

war film, Drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Japanese family struggles to survive after World War II. The story is told through the eyes of a young girl named Chitose.

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What happens

Rail of the Star (お星さまのレール, O-Hoshisama no Rail), is an anime film based on Chitose Kobayashi'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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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