Film·1986·1h 46m

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

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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.

Directed by Ryō Kinoshita

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12 credited

Tetsuya Takeda
Tetsuya TakedaShota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
Kurara Haruka
Kurara HarukaSachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)
Midori Hagio
Midori HagioSetsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)
Mari Mizutani
Mari MizutaniMariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)
Nobuyo Oyama
Nobuyo OyamaMomoyo (Shota's mother)
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō KawarasakiHideo Hayakawa
Kan Mikami
Kan MikamiKikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
LaSalle Ishii
LaSalle IshiiGenji Oshima
Noboru Mitani
Noboru MitaniKiyoshi Saito
Shigeru Kōyama
Shigeru KōyamaMasahiro Murakami
Akira Nagoya
Akira NagoyaShoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Yūki Meguro
Yūki MeguroChief of Staff

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