Tower of Lilies (1953)
ひめゆりの塔
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
- Date of release
- 1953-01-09
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Tadashi Imai
Casting
- Keiko Tsushima — Teacher Miyagi
- Eiji Okada — Teacher Tamai
- Kinzō Shin
- Fusatarō Ishijima
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Akitake Kōno
- Shunji Kasuga
- Takashi Kanda
- Tadashi Minamikawa
- Gen Shimizu
- Kyōko Kagawa — Fumi Uehara
- Chieko Seki
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