Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1980)

  • NR
  • 05/16/1980 (US)
  • Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
  • 2h 8m

Your imagination is the final destination

Overview

In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Maetel, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.

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Director

Kon Ichikawa

Screenplay

Fumio Ishimori

Screenplay

Leiji Matsumoto

Writer

Cast

Masako Nozawa's headshot

Masako Nozawa

Tetsurô Hoshino (voice)
Masako Ikeda's headshot

Masako Ikeda

Maetel (voice)
Yoko Asagami's headshot

Yoko Asagami

Claire (voice)
Miyoko Asô's headshot

Miyoko Asô

Tochirô's Mother (voice)
Toshiko Fujita's headshot

Toshiko Fujita

Shadow (voice)
Yasuo Hisamatsu's headshot

Yasuo Hisamatsu

Antares (voice)
Makio Inoue's headshot

Makio Inoue

Captain Harlock
Tatsuya Jo's headshot

Tatsuya Jo

Narrator (voice)

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