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Sakura-tai Chiru
Sakura-tai Chiru

Sakura-tai Chiru

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DocumentaryDrama

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A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

113 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

01 April 1988

Country

Japan

Cast

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Shôji Furuta

Shôji Furuta

Takako Miki

Takako Miki

Yasuko Yagami

Yasuko Yagami

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Kunitarō Kawarasaki

Kunitarō Kawarasaki

Harue Tone

Harue Tone

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

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