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Karafuto 1945 Summer

Karafuto 1945 Summer

IMDB:

8.5
Karafuto 1945 Summer

Released

8/17/1974

Duration

1h 59m

Genre

Drama, War, History

Country

Japan

Cast

Terumi Niki, Keiko Torii, Kawai Okada

Overview

The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.

Cast

Terumi Niki

Ritsuko Sekine

Terumi Niki

Keiko Torii

Nobue Fujikura

Keiko Torii

Kawai Okada

Natsuko Saito

Kawai Okada

Yumiko Fujita

Ayako Sakamoto

Yumiko Fujita

Hiromi Kurita

Unknown Role

Hiromi Kurita

Midori Kiuchi

Unknown Role

Midori Kiuchi

Sanae Kitahara

Unknown Role

Sanae Kitahara

Go Wakabayashi

Unknown Role

Go Wakabayashi

Toshio Kurosawa

Unknown Role

Toshio Kurosawa

Yōko Minamida

Unknown Role

Yōko Minamida

Minoru Chiaki

Unknown Role

Minoru Chiaki

Shinichirō Mikami

Unknown Role

Shinichirō Mikami