The Nighthawk Star (よだかの星, Yodaka no Hoshi) is a popular Japanese children's short story by Kenji Miyazawa, thought to have been written around 1921.
5 (「宮沢賢治全集」 第５巻) published by Chikuma Bunko (ちくま文庫),[1] which was later updated to be a part of the Newly Collected Complete Works of Miyazawa Kenji, Vol.
Even a lark who is not that beautiful thinks himself to be more superior to the Nighthawk, but when it comes to the real Hawk, none of the other birds dare to insult him.
Hawk leaves and states that if he does not place a tag around his neck with "ICHIZO" and inform all the birds of his new name he will kill him.
As Nightfall hits, Nighthawk flies to the skies and asks the star of the West, Orion, to take him, but his request is completely ignored.
In 2012, a live action film based on the story was made under the same title Yodaka no Hoshi, directed by Reiko Saito featuring Akiko Kikuchi.
On YouTube multiple versions of stage plays[5] and modern takes of the story can be found such as "Star of Yodaka" (『よだかの星』予告編 ).