Karafuto 1945 Summer
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Released: Aug 17, 1974
Runtime: 1h 59m
Rating: ⭐ 8.5 / 10
Drama
War
History
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.
Top Billed Cast

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