Himeyuri no To (1995)

10.0/10 121 min Drama War

Overview

The Girls' Division of Okinawa Normal School and the First Okinawa Prefectural High School for Girls were also known as "Himeyuri no Gakuen". In July 1944, the students, who were supposed to spend their summer vacations at home, were called back to school to prepare for the coming war and to fulfill their duties as subjects of the Imperial State. The fate of the girls and teachers awaited them as the American army attacked.

Cast

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Chiyoko Miyagi

Kumiko Goto

Yasuko Tokuji

Yuri Nakae

Aya Nozato

Megumi Oji

Toshi Kamiya

Keiko Imamura

Kiyoko Ohsiro

Miki Sakai

Sigeko Ohwan

Masahiro Takashima

First Lieutenant Ohsugi

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Masafumi Nakasone

Shigeru Kōyama

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Yuuki Sato

Erika Mabuchi

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