The story of Kenji Miyazawa, the beloved Japanese poet, who also wrote Night on the Galactic Railroad.The story of Kenji Miyazawa, the beloved Japanese poet, who also wrote Night on the Galactic Railroad.The story of Kenji Miyazawa, the beloved Japanese poet, who also wrote Night on the Galactic Railroad.
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Mariko Kôda
- Toshi
- (as Mariko Kouda)
Chikao Ôtsuka
- Kenji's father
- (as Chikao Ohtsuka)
Victor Chin
- Farmer
- (English version)
- (voice)
Kirk Durham
- Tetsuo
- (English version)
- (voice)
Janathan Funk
- Teikichi
- (English version)
- (voice)
Susan Isaacs
- Farmer, Kuni
- (English version)
- (voice)
Susan Jaget
- Kenji's Mother
- (English version)
- (voice)
Ron Jaxson
- Kenji
- (English version)
- (voice)
Wendell Kimsell
- Kenji's Father
- (English version)
- (voice)
James Klein
- Chusaku, Student
- (English version)
- (voice)
Neil Maclean
- Farmer, Student
- (English version)
- (voice)
Herb Mendelson
- Kanai
- (English version)
- (voice)
Elissa Sarna
- Toshi
- (English version)
- (voice)
Ronald Scovil Jr.
- Farmer
- (English version)
- (voice)
Heather Smith
- Student
- (English version)
- (voice)
Jenny Subjack
- Farmer, Ryota, Student, Taka
- (English version)
- (voice)
Karen Vered
- Intro Narration
- (English version)
- (voice)
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector Shoji Kawamori is an anime creator and mechanical designer (mecha designer) known for his contributions to the Transformers and Macross franchises, as well as the Patlabor movie and Ghost in the Shell.
- ConnectionsReferences Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Featured review
A complex and unique experience
If you are looking for the usual storytelling in this film or a biography conveyed with obsequiousness of a certain great man, then you will probably be disappointed.
Loneliness, misunderstanding of others, the need to do things that are disgusting to you in order to earn your living, losses, mistakes, self-loathing and a feeling of meaninglessness - this is what the poet imagines life to be. How to turn it into poetry? Nothing will change, no matter what you do, the gears of the mechanism of the Universe are spinning, grinding our lives and efforts, taking those who are dear to us far away, to where we will never meet again... See what others cannot see and try to capture it, try to help people when they laugh at you and do not understand you, limit yourself in everything that is not related to the work of your life, direct every step and every thought towards a better future for everyone - let everyone call me a fool, let them try to interfere with me, let everything I do be abandoned and forgotten.
This is the kind of person this movie is about. His impressive determination is conveyed through a number of complex metaphors and symbolisms.
A very interesting piece of art, but definitely not for everyone.
Loneliness, misunderstanding of others, the need to do things that are disgusting to you in order to earn your living, losses, mistakes, self-loathing and a feeling of meaninglessness - this is what the poet imagines life to be. How to turn it into poetry? Nothing will change, no matter what you do, the gears of the mechanism of the Universe are spinning, grinding our lives and efforts, taking those who are dear to us far away, to where we will never meet again... See what others cannot see and try to capture it, try to help people when they laugh at you and do not understand you, limit yourself in everything that is not related to the work of your life, direct every step and every thought towards a better future for everyone - let everyone call me a fool, let them try to interfere with me, let everything I do be abandoned and forgotten.
This is the kind of person this movie is about. His impressive determination is conveyed through a number of complex metaphors and symbolisms.
A very interesting piece of art, but definitely not for everyone.
- mar-adetta
- Sep 16, 2023
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- Spring and Chaos
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- Runtime55 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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