Movie Description
子象物語 地上に降りた天使
(1986)Overview
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ryō Kinoshita
- Producer : Yoshimasa Onishi,Junichi Shinzaka
- Editor : Yoshitami Kuroiwa
- Cast : Tetsuya Takeda,Kurara Haruka,Midori Hagio,Mari Mizutani,Nobuyo Oyama,Chōichirō Kawarasaki,Kan Mikami,LaSalle Ishii,Noboru Mitani,Shigeru Kōyama,Akira Nagoya,Yūki Meguro,Hideji Ōtaki,Toshiyuki Nagashima
Cast
Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)
Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)
Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)
Momoyo (Shota's mother)
Hideo Hayakawa
Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
Genji Oshima
Kiyoshi Saito
Masahiro Murakami
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Chief of Staff
Hiroshi Kurita (Director of Nagano Zoo)
Keiji Akimoto (Army Major)
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Facts
Original Title子象物語 地上に降りた天使
Status Released
Release Information
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1986-07-26
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 46m
Production CompaniesTOHO,Shogakukan,Bandai
Genres
- Drama
- War
