Japan, 1979
128m
35mm film, colour
mono, Japanese
A Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Rintaro.
Plot Summary
Tetsuro Hoshino, a young orphan living in the slums of a city run by the Cyborgs, steals a pass for Galaxy Express 999. He’s almost caught but is saved by Maitre, a woman who looks just like the mother he lost in a Cyborg attack. Tetsuro sets off on a journey to Andromeda where he hopes to find what he needs to take his revenge on the Cyborgs.
Credits
Crew
Director: Rintaro
Toei Animation Company
Executive Producer: Chiaki Imada
Script: Kon Ichikawa, Shiro Ishimori, Leiji Matsumoto
US Version Script: Paul Grogan
TV Series: Leiji Matsumoto
Animation Director: Kazuo Komatsubara
Animators: Tomeko Horikawa, Yoshinobu Ineno, Yoshinori Kanada, Reiko Kuwahara, Jôji Manabe, Shigeo Matoba, Hiroshi Oikawa, Yoshinori Kanemori, Kazuhide
Tomonaga, Emiko Tsukima, Kôichi Tsunoda
Directors of Photography: Masatoshi Fukui, Toshio Katayama
Editor: Masaaki Hanai
US Version Editors: R.J. Kizer, Skip Schoolnik
Music: Nozomu Aoki
Songs: Yukihide Takekawa
English Language Lyrics: Renee Feldman
English Language Song Performed by: Renee Fledman, Jay White
Production Designers: Tadao Kubota, Takamura Mukuo
Voices
Masako Nozawa (Tetsurô Hoshino)
Masako Ikeda (Maetel)
Yôko Asagami (Claire)
Miyoko Asô (Tochirô’s mother)
Toshiko Fujita (Shadow)
Takashi Tanaka Banjô Ginga] (Captain of the Guard)
Yasuo Hisamatsu (Antares)
Makio Inoue (Captain Harlock)
Tatsuya Jô (narrator)
Yoshiko Kimiya (Queen Promethium)
Kaneta Kimotsuki (conductor)
Gorô Naya (Ban)
Noriko Ohara (Ryûzu/Mîmé)
Ryûji Saikachi (bartender)
Hidekatsu Shibata (Kikai Hakushaku)
Reiko Tajima (Queen Emeraldas)
Kei Tomiyama (Tochirô Ôyama)
Kôji Totani
Shôko Tsuboi (Tetsurô’s mother)
English language version voices
Corey Burton
Fay McKay
Anthony Pope
Booker Bradshaw
Barry Seegar
B.J. Ward
Gary Seegar
William Woodson
Alternative Titles
El expreso de la galaxia – Venezuela
Galaxy Express – The Movie – Italy
Galaxy Express
Galaxy Express 999
Ginga tetsudô 999
Links
Sequel
Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki (1981)
Remake of
Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine (1978)
Extracts included in
Uchu kaijû Gamera (1980)
References
Books
Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.147 – credits
Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.108 – credits
