Galaxy Express 999 (film)

Galaxy Express 999
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRintaro
Screenplay byFumio Ishimori[1]
Based onGalaxy Express 999
by Leiji Matsumoto
Produced byChiaki Imada[1]
StarringMasako Nozawa
Masako Ikeda
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Cinematography
  • Masatoshi Fukui
  • Toshio Katayama[2]
Music byNozomu Aoki[1]
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • August 4, 1979 (1979-08-04) (Japan)
Running time
129 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥4.2 billion (est.)

Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999, Ginga Tetsudō 999) is a 1979 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Rintaro, based on the manga and anime television series of the same name originally created by Leiji Matsumoto.

  1. ^ a b c "スタッフ&キャスト" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Beck 2005, p. 91.
  3. ^ "銀河鉄道999" (in Japanese). Einren.org. Retrieved January 31, 2016.