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Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
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Kaboom Anime Series

Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)

EN Subs Kaboom Anime Series Special

Ontdek

Prepare to be captivated by the Kaboom Anime Series, a collection of Japanese animated classics that were rarely showcased in Dutch cinemas before. This edition we’ll be showing Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985) based on the 1934 fantasy novel of the same name by Kenji Miyazawa. The story shows a great interest in European culture, from the character names to the interest in Christian themes and the use of the constructed language Esperanto, which Kenji Miyazawa was deeply interested in. The film is introduced by students from HKU Animation.

Credits

Regie
Gisaburo Sugii
Cast
Mayumi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Junko Hori
Genre
Animation, Adventure, Drama
Speelduur
113 min.
Land
Japan
Taal
Japanese
Ondertiteling
English

Omschrijving

Let’s watch an absolute classic of Japanese family entertainment: Night on the Galactic Railroad was adapted from the classic fantasy novel with the same name from 1934 by Kenji Miyazawa, read by generations of Japanese school children. In this symbolic and thoughtful film Giovanni and Campanella, the first a blue-colored cat, the second a pink-colored one, board steam train that takes them across the galaxy. At each increasingly surrealist stop, then boys meet more outlandish characters, including an obsessed archeologist and a bird catcher who turns his catch into candy. Yet with every stop the train journey’s destination also grows more ominous.

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