Night Train to the Stars
“Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists. Miyazawa is an idealist pledging with his friend Kanai to work for the improved life of farmers. Troubled by his family’s interest in money making and social status, he leaves home after graduating high school to join a Buddhist sect in Tokyo. After falling out with a friend, and receiving news about his sister re-emerging pneumonia, he decides to return home where starts his own experimental school, teaching new farming methods to young local farmers while also instructing them in music and arts. It was only after his death, through the help of his brother Seiroku, that his writings became widely read.
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Cast
Naoto Ogata
Kenji Miyazawa
Maki Mizuno
Toshi Miyazawa
Kippei Shiina
Kanai Hosaka
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Katoji Fujiwara
Ryuji Harada
Seiroku Miyazawa
Yuki Saito
Tsuyu Takase
Yuriko Hoshi
Ichi Miyazawa
Tetsuya Watari
Masajiro Miyazawa
Leo Morimoto
Sayaka Osawa
Ryuji Yamamoto
Eisuke Tsunoda
Junichi Hayakawa
Kōta Kusano
