Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari (1996)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 1996-10-19
Director: Kazuki Ōmori
Writers: Kenji Miyazawa , Machiko Nasu
Language: Japanese
Stars: Naoto Ogata , Tetsuya Watari , Maki Mizuno , Yoshihiko Hakamada , Ryûji Harada , Yuriko Hoshi , Leo Morimoto , Sayaka Osawa , Yuki Saito , Kippei Shiina
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: 6 wins & 13 nominations
AKA: Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari , Night Trains to the Stars (United Kingdom) , Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari (Japan)
Plot: This 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.
IMDB:tt0350296