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Karafuto 1945 Summer

Karafuto 1945 Summer

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 17, 1974

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Drama, War, History

User Score

85%

Original Title

樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Mitsuo Murayama

Description

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.