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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
子象物語 地上に降りた天使
1986 · 1h 46m
Directed by Ryō Kinoshita
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.
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Tetsuya Takeda
as Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
Kurara Haruka
as Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)
Midori Hagio
as Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)
Mari Mizutani
as Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)
Nobuyo Oyama
as Momoyo (Shota's mother)
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Hideo Hayakawa
Kan Mikami
as Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth(1986)
子象物語 地上に降りた天使
July 26, 1986 · 1h 46m
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.
Tetsuya Takeda
as Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
Kurara Haruka
as Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)
Midori Hagio
as Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)
Mari Mizutani
as Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)
Nobuyo Oyama
as Momoyo (Shota's mother)
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Hideo Hayakawa
Kan Mikami
as Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
