Film
Tower of Lilies
1953 · 2h 8m · War · Drama
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- 7.1
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Overview
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
Cast
Keiko Tsushima
Teacher Miyagi
Eiji Okada
Teacher Tamai
Kinzō Shin
Fusatarō Ishijima
Taiji Tonoyama
Akitake Kōno
Shunji Kasuga
Takashi Kanda
Tadashi Minamikawa
Gen Shimizu
Kyōko Kagawa
Fumi Uehara
Chieko Seki
Miki Odagiri
Kaneko Iwasaki
Machiko Tokunaga
Junko Uozumi
Crew
- Tadashi ImaiDirector
- Yōko MizukiScreenplay
- Keiichirō IshinoNovel
- Takero ItōProducer
- Mitsuo MakinoProducer
- Hiroshi OkawaExecutive Producer
- Shunichirō NakaoDirector of Photography
- Yūji KosekiOriginal Music Composer
- Akikazu KonoEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 9, 1953
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Genres
- War, Drama
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