Night Train to the Stars
1996 · 111 MIN · IMDB 5.4 · 26 VOTES · DIR. Kazuki Ōmori
Overview
“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.
Dialogue Timeline — 639 lines
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00:16:07 So, class, as you can see, it looks like a river
00:19:19 Campanella kept quietjust so...
00:21:59 So, have you heard from your father recently?
00:24:12 Do you have any work for me?
00:32:01 Say, Mom...
00:34:25 l won't worry ifyou're going to be with Campanella. Aren't you?
00:42:34 Hey, Giovanni! l can't wait to see your new otter-skin coat!
00:50:58 The riverbed is shining in the moonlight.
00:54:34 That's why l think my mother will forgive me for what l've done.
01:00:24 Every grain ofsand is a crystallinejewel.
01:03:09 From here, this looks like a thick, rich, fossil stratum.
01:07:27 To the end ofthe universe!
01:09:37 l told them l wasn't doing any such thing. lt wasn't my fault.
01:16:33 The static is pretty bad.
01:18:55 - A prayer? Whose prayer? - l don't know.
01:23:36 Yes, l see! lt'll take you to everywhere this train runs
01:27:30 Then we hit the iceberg
01:29:40 no matter how high.
01:32:46 Oh, l see...
01:39:00 Our father told us once about the scorpion of Baldora Field.
01:42:07 No! l'm staying on the train! l want to ride some more!
01:47:39 No! Wait!
01:52:07 But the boat lurched and Zanelli fell in and started to sink!
01:56:09 l will let my body burn a hundred times over.