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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979·128 min

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Directed by Rintaro

AdventureAnimationScience Fiction

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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Tetsurô Hoshino (voice)

Maetel (voice)

Claire (voice)

Tochirô's Mother (voice)

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Leiji Matsumoto

Writer

Masatoshi Fukui

Director of Photography

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What is Galaxy Express 999: The Movie about?

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979) is about 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.

Who directed Galaxy Express 999: The Movie?

Rintaro directed Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979).

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