Film
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974Directed by Mitsuo Murayama
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
About Karafuto 1945 Summer
- Drama
- War
- History
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Mitsuo Murayama
- Writers
- Takeo Kunihiro
- Toshio Kaneko
- Original title
- 樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門
