The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

1962•2h 30m

War

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

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Daiei Film

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Status

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Release Date

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Cast

Kanjūrō Arashi

Commander Ushijima

So Yamamura

Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

Tōru Abe

Deputy Chief Kawanishi

Kōji Nanbara

Captain Oshima

Kichijirō Ueda

Hajime Izu

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Kyōko Ōgimachi

Nurse Soga

Machiko Hasegawa

Nurse Kitahara

Miki Nakasone

Sachiko Kozuki

Kuniko Omine

Ritsuko Nonomura

Head Nurse Oyama

Yuriko Katano

Tomoko Kō

Head Nurse Shibuya

Kumiko Mayama

Yoshie Tazaki

Yuriko Omine

Keiko Minakami

Haruyo Ichikawa

Noriko Honma

Kikuko Hanaoka

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