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Karafuto 1945 Summer
Genres
DramaWarHistory
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
119 min
Release Date
1974-08-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8.5
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Terumi Niki
Ritsuko Sekine
Keiko Torii
Nobue Fujikura
Kawai Okada
Natsuko Saito
Yumiko Fujita
Ayako Sakamoto
Hiromi Kurita
Midori Kiuchi
Sanae Kitahara
Go Wakabayashi
Toshio Kurosawa
Yōko Minamida
Minoru Chiaki
Shinichirō Mikami
Jūkei Fujioka
Akira Kume
Tetsuro Tamba
Takahiro Tamura
Shōgo Shimada
Keiko Nomura
Yumi Sihida
Nishiki Imadegawa
Keiko Torigai
Kaoru Kiryû
Sumiko Aoki
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