Night Train to the Stars

The story

“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.

Cast

N Naoto OgataKenji Miyazawa M Maki MizunoToshi Miyazawa K Kippei ShiinaKanai Hosaka Y Yoshihiko HakamadaKatoji Fujiwara R Ryuji HaradaSeiroku Miyazawa Y Yuki SaitoTsuyu Takase Y Yuriko HoshiIchi Miyazawa T Tetsuya WatariMasajiro Miyazawa L Leo Morimoto S Sayaka Osawa R Ryuji Yamamoto E Eisuke Tsunoda

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J Junichi Hayakawa K Kōta Kusano