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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979 · 128 min

A melancholic, dreamlike space odyssey that blends childlike wonder with existential dread, unfolding slowly like a half-remembered myth.

Directed by
Rintaro
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Science fiction
Starring
Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yoko Asagami
Tagline
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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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Rintaro
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Science fiction
Starring
Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yoko Asagami
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • revenge
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • space
  • road trip
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism2
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
adventure, animation, science fiction
Directed by
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Written by
Leiji Matsumoto, Fumio Ishimori, Kon Ichikawa
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
128 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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