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.
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Karafuto 1945 Summer Cast
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Terumi Niki
She was 25, now 75 years old
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as Ritsuko Sekine |
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Yôko Minamida
She was 41, 76 years old when she died
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Tetsurō Tamba
He was 52, 84 years old when he died
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Yumiko Fujita
She was 28, now 78 years old
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as Ayako Sakamoto |
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Minoru Chiaki
He was 57, 82 years old when he died
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Shinichirô Mikami
He was 33, 77 years old when he died
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Midori Kiuchi
She was 23, 69 years old when she died
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Takahiro Tamura
He was 45, 77 years old when he died
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Jûkei Fujioka
He was 40, 57 years old when he died
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Shôgo Shimada
He was 68, 98 years old when he died
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Toshio Kurosawa
He was 30, now 80 years old
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Kawai Okada
She was 25, now 75 years old
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as Natsuko Saito |
Karafuto 1945 Summer Crew
