| Night on the Galactic Railroad | |
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| Directed by | Gisaburo Sugii |
| Screenplay by | Minoru Betsuyaku |
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| Produced by | Atsumi Tashiro Masato Hara |
| Starring | Mayumi Tanaka Chika Sakamoto |
| Cinematography | Nobuo Koyama |
| Edited by | Masashi Furukawa |
| Music by | Haruomi Hosono |
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| Distributed by | Nippon Herald Films |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Night on the Galactic Railroad (銀河鉄道の夜, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru, alternately Nokto de la Galaksia Fervojo in Esperanto) is a 1985 Japanese anime film directed by Gisaburo Sugii, based on the 1934 fantasy novel of the same name by Kenji Miyazawa. The film's screenplay was written by Minoru Betsuyaku. Its plot follows a young cat named Giovanni (voiced by Mayumi Tanaka), who journeys on a train with his classmate Campanella (Chika Sakamoto) through the Milky Way galaxy.
Produced independently by the animation studio Group TAC, the film was released by Nippon Herald Films on July 13, 1985. It was awarded the Ōfuji Noburō Award in the same year.