Karafuto 1945 Summer

Karafuto 1945 Summer

119 mins | Drama, War, History | Aug. 17, 1974

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.

Karafuto 1945 Summer

119 mins | Drama, War, History | Aug. 17, 1974

Karafuto 1945 Summer
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門
Directors Mitsuo Murayama
Writers Toshio Kaneko, Takeo Kunihiro

Cast

Terumi Niki

as Ritsuko Sekine

Keiko Torii

as Nobue Fujikura

Kawai Okada

as Natsuko Saito

Yumiko Fujita

as Ayako Sakamoto

Keiko Nomura

as Yumi Sihida

Nishiki Imadegawa

as Keiko Torigai

Kaoru Kiryû

as Sumiko Aoki