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

Keiko Torii
Nobue Fujikura

Kawai Okada
Natsuko Saito

Yumiko Fujita
Ayako Sakamoto

Hiromi Kurita

Midori Kiuchi

Sanae Kitahara

Go Wakabayashi

Takako Yagi
Masako horie

Fusako Aihara
Takako kanzaki

Toshio Kurosawa

Yōko Minamida

Yasuko Agrawa
Actress

Minoru Chiaki

Seiji Yokoyama
Composer

Haruo Nishiyama
Cinematographer

Keiko Nomura
Yumi Sihida

Nishiki Imadegawa
Keiko Torigai

Kaoru Kiryû
Sumiko Aoki

Mitsuo Murayama
Director

Takeo Kunihiro
Writer

Toshio Kaneko
Novel

Seitaro Omori
Original Music Composer

Shinichirō Mikami
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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world war ii
Wiki.
Karafuto 1945 Natsu Hyōsetsu no Mon (樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門), also called Gate of Ice, 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.
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