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

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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…

DirectorsSatoru Namekawa·Toshio Hirata
WritersHideo Asakura·Tatsuhiko Urahata
ProducersSatoru Ohtsuka·Mamoru Takeuchi

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Cast · Directed by Satoru Namekawa

YTYoshino Takamori
Yoshino Takamori
Chitose "Chiko" Kobayashi (voice)
HTHideyuki Tanaka
Hideyuki Tanaka
Kazuhiko Kobayashi (voice)
KHKeiko Han
Keiko Han
Masuko Kobayashi (voice)
KOKenichi Ogata
Kenichi Ogata
Takeshi (voice)
CSChika Sakamoto
Chika Sakamoto
Michiyo "Miko" Kobayashi (voice)
RSReiko Suzuki
Reiko Suzuki
Shigeko (voice)
TMTomoko Maruo
Tomoko Maruo
Ohana (voice)
STShinpachi Tsuji
Shinpachi Tsuji
Sano (voice)
HUHideyuki Umezu
Hideyuki Umezu
Takayashi (voice)
CChafurin
Chafurin
Village chief (voice)
YÔ
Yuka Ôno
Yohko (voice)
IM
Issei Miyazaki
Yong-il (voice)

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