Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979 · 128 min · JA · 6.9 (83 votes)
Dir. Rintaro · Starring Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yoko Asagami, Miyoko Aso, Toshiko Fujita, Yasuo Hisamatsu · Music Nozomi Aoki · Galaxy Express 999 Collection

“Your imagination is the final destination”

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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A poignant, visually stunning journey through space and the human condition. It's a contemplative, melancholic ride exploring what it means to be alive, set against a backdrop of retro-futuristic wonder and existential questions.

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