Karafuto 1945 Summer

Karafuto 1945 Summer (1974)

樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門

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.

Date of release
1974-08-17
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama, War, History
Director
Mitsuo Murayama

Casting

Interesting facts

Karafuto 1945 Natsu Hyōsetsu no Mon , also called Gate of Ice, is a 1974 Japanese war film based on the Soviet Union's invasion of Karafuto during the Soviet–Japanese War near the end of World War II. The movie is set in Maoka, and the story is based on the deaths of nine women who worked in the postal telegraph office in the city. Twelve women worked in the office, and on August 20, 1945, nine of them committed suicide.

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