Kiri no hi

Kiri no hi

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 25, 2008

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

TV Movie, War, Drama

Original Title

霧の火 樺太・真岡郵便局に散った九人の乙女たち

Production Companies

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Director

Nozomu Amemiya

Description

Kiri no Hi (霧の火) is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The story takes place in Maoka City, Karafuto, Japan (Currently Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russian Federation) during the final year of the Pacific War. Nine telephone operators in Maoka took their own lives by taking potassium cyanide when the Soviet Union invaded the city on August 20, 1945.