Spring on Leper's Island (1940)
小島の春
A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.
- Date of release
- 1940-07-31
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Shirō Toyoda
Casting
Interesting facts
Spring on Leper's Island is a 1940 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda. It is based on the memoir of Masako Ogawa, a Japanese doctor who specialised in leprosy treatment, and is noted by film historians for its humanist and compassionate theme in contrast to the militarist national film policy at the time.
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