Karafuto 1945 Summer

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 Cast

Terumi Niki

Ritsuko Sekine

Keiko Torii

Nobue Fujikura

Kawai Okada

Natsuko Saito

Yumiko Fujita

Ayako Sakamoto

Hiromi Kurita