Galaxy Express 999

Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine Galaxy Express 999, animated, 1979.

DIRECTED BY: Rintaro (Shigeyuki Hayashi)

Galaxy Express 999

CAST:
Masako Nozawa (Tetsurô Hoshino),
Masako Ikeda (Maetel),
Kei Tomiyama (Tochirō Ōyama),
Makio Inoue (kapetan Harlock),
Reiko Tajima (Emeraldas)

SCRIPT:
Kon Ichikawa,
Shiro Ishimori,
Trish Ledoux,
Leiji Matsumoto

Synopsis:
Since young Tetsura's mother was killed, he's been living in the streets dreaming of revenge. He lives in distant future in which people with money can replace their bodies with robotic ones and become immortal. This can be done on a planet which can be reached by train called Galaxy Express 999. Tetsurô boards the train and meets the mysterious Maetel who resembles his mother.

35 mm, color, 128 min