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...
00:22:03 No, sir.
00:24:23 Yes, sir.
00:32:10 l feel like Father's going to be back soon. Don't you think so, Mom?
00:35:56 Zanelli!
00:46:54 Every light up there in that glowing band is actually a star.
00:51:30 What do you mean? You thought we'd be with everyone from school?
00:56:33 Hey, do you think we should go outside and look around.
01:01:26 That's a huge one!
01:03:42 Hey, be careful! Don't use the shovel there!
01:08:12 And you really eat them?
01:12:51 Ah, that was refreshing!
01:17:15 The signal just keeps repeating over and over again. Always the same.
01:20:47 Nearer, my God, to Thee
01:24:11 Look, that man's gone. Where did he go?
01:28:13 But l thought about what would bring them true happiness.
01:31:10 Around here, things just seem to grow on their own, without effort.
01:37:55 l know that boy, too.
01:40:01 '' Let me use my body for the true happiness ofeveryone in the world.''
01:45:30 Hey! Look at that!
01:51:10 before l could stop him! Wouldn't you know.
01:54:56 l wonder what's wrong?
01:59:17 Are, as you see, a mental sketch.