Karafuto 1945 Summer Poster

Karafuto 1945 Summer

Not Rated Drama War History

Starring: Terumi Niki, Keiko Torii, Kawai Okada, Yumiko Fujita, Hiromi Kurita

Writer: Toshio Kaneko, Takeo Kunihiro

Release Date:
August 17, 1974
Ratings:
8.5 / 10
Director:
Mitsuo Murayama
Companies:
Toei Company

Overview

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.