Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children and War [56316]
Released: 1993-10-07
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 79 mins
Popularity: 1.8831
Vote Average: 6.1
Vote Count: 4
Overview: 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 realizes that the country is being ruled by the Japanese and the Koreans are persecuted. When the war ends, the Koreans chase the Japanese rule and the roles change. Now Chiko's family is unwanted. But then the Russians come and this is the end. They have to burn all the pictures to avoid all suspicions... even Miko's picture. But when the Russians come to their house, they decide to flee over the 38th Parallel towards freedom. A group of men, women, children struggles along the mountains, led by the light of the Northern Star. Along the way they meet a Korean man, who is willing to help them to escape the Russian soldiers although his family was killed by the Japanese.

Cast [18]
Yoshino Takamori
Chitose "Chiko"
Hideyuki Tanaka
Kazuhiko Kobayas
Keiko Han
Masuko Kobayashi
Kenichi Ogata
Takeshi
Chika Sakamoto
Michiyo "Miko" K
Reiko Suzuki
Shigeko
Tomoko Maruo
Ohana
Shinpachi Tsuji
Sano
Hideyuki Umezu
Takayashi
Chafurin
Village chief
Yuka Ôno
Yohko
Issei Miyazaki
Yong-il
Michiko Neya
Hatsue
Junji Kitajima
Guide
Koji Ishii
Interpreter
Eiji Itoh
Station staff
Yuko Sumitomo
Yukiko
Johnny Nomura
Officer

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