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The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

Genres

War

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The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

150 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

07 April 1962

Country

Japan

Cast

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

Commander Ushijima

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Deputy Chief Kawanishi

Kōji Nanbara

Kōji Nanbara

Captain Oshima

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Hajime Izu

Hajime Izu

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Kyōko Ōgimachi

Kyōko Ōgimachi

Nurse Soga

Machiko Hasegawa

Machiko Hasegawa

Nurse Kitahara

Miki Nakasone

Miki Nakasone

Sachiko Kozuki

Sachiko Kozuki

Kuniko Omine

Ritsuko Nonomura

Ritsuko Nonomura

Head Nurse Oyama

Yuriko Katano

Yuriko Katano

Tomoko Kō

Tomoko Kō

Head Nurse Shibuya

Kumiko Mayama

Kumiko Mayama

Yoshie Tazaki

Yoshie Tazaki

Yuriko Omine

Keiko Minakami

Keiko Minakami

Haruyo Ichikawa

Haruyo Ichikawa

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Kikuko Hanaoka

Kikuko Hanaoka

大原永子

大原永子

Kenjiro Uemura

Kenjiro Uemura

Asao Matsumoto

Asao Matsumoto

Kan Yanagiya

Kan Yanagiya

Jushiro Kobayashi

Jushiro Kobayashi

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiroshi Hayashi

Shinjirō Asano

Shinjirō Asano

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

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