Karafuto 1945 Summer
·
1974
·1h 59min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
8/17/1974
Runtime
1h 59min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
Toei Company
Cast
Terumi Niki
Ritsuko Sekine
Keiko Torii
Nobue Fujikura
Kawai Okada
Natsuko Saito
Yumiko Fujita
Ayako Sakamoto
Hiromi Kurita
Acting
Midori Kiuchi
Acting
Sanae Kitahara
Acting
Go Wakabayashi
Acting
Toshio Kurosawa
Acting
Yōko Minamida
Acting
Minoru Chiaki
Acting
Shinichirō Mikami
Acting
Jūkei Fujioka
Acting
Akira Kume
Acting
Tetsuro Tamba
Acting
Takahiro Tamura
Acting
Shōgo Shimada
Acting
Keiko Nomura
Yumi Sihida
Nishiki Imadegawa
Keiko Torigai
Kaoru Kiryû
Sumiko Aoki
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