Rail Of The Star

A moving tale of Japanese civilians forced to flee North Korea in the aftermath of World War II, RAIL OF THE STAR is proof of Japanese animators' ability to use the medium of animation to craft a poignant, fact-based human drama.

Chiko Kobayashi (voice of Yoshino Takamori), an actress in postwar Japan, recalls her childhood in North Korea where her father managed a coal company during Japan's occupation of Korea. It was initially a happy childhood, spent in play with her sister Miko (voice of Chika Sakamoto) and Korean nanny Ohana (voice of Tomoko Maruo). However, at the start of World War II, Chiko's father, Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice of Hideyuki Tanaka), is dra...