Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Name: Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Director: Rintaro
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
Released: 1979-08-04
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 6.838
Cast: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yoko Asagami, Miyoko Aso, Toshiko Fujita

“Your imagination is the final destination”

1979

2h 8m

Adventure Animation Science Fiction

Director: Rintaro

Writers: Kon Ichikawa, Fumio Ishimori

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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.