Monument to the Girl's Corps (1968)
あゝひめゆりの塔
In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women. Nothing seemed the least bit out of the ordinary, as Kazuko and her friends enjoyed a day of sports. A year later the war takes a devastating turn, as US forces plan an amphibious attack known as "Operation Iceberg" on the Ryukyu island.
- Date of release
- 1968-09-21
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Toshio Masuda
Casting
- Sayuri Yoshinaga — Kazuko Yonamine
- Mitsuo Hamada — Junichiro Nishizato
- Masako Izumi — Tomi Higa
- Hideaki Nitani — Hideo Akina
- Yuji Odaka
- Yoshirō Aoki
- Emiko Azuma
- Kōji Wada — Second Lieutenant Ohta
- Eijirō Tōno — Nakaji, Principal
- Nobuko Otowa — Hatsu Yonamine
- Kan'emon Nakamura — Noguchi, principal
- Tetsuya Watari — Young man
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