Karafuto 1945 Summer (1974)
1h 59m
Running Time
August 17, 1974Release Date
Karafuto 1945 Summer (1974)
1h 59m
Running Time
August 17, 1974Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Terumi Niki
Ritsuko sekine
Yumiko Fujita
Ayako sakamoto
Kawai Okada
Natsuko saito
Keiko Torii
Nobue fujikura
Mitsuo Murayama
Director
Toshio Kaneko
Writer
Takeo Kunihiro
Writer
Seiji Yokoyama
Composer
Keiko Nomura
Yumi Sihida
Nishiki Imadegawa
Keiko Torigai
Kaoru Kiryû
Sumiko Aoki
Seitaro Omori
Original Music Composer
Shinichirō Mikami
Minoru Chiaki
Yôko Minamida
Shōgo Shimada
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 17, 1974
Original Name樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
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Wiki.
Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門) is a 1974 Japanese 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 (present day Kholmsk), 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.