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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

Genre:DramaWar

Released:1986-07-26

Runtime:106

Overview

In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.


Cast:

Tetsuya Takeda

Character: Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)

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Kurara Haruka

Character: Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)

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Midori Hagio

Character: Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)

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Mari Mizutani

Character: Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)

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Nobuyo Oyama

Character: Momoyo (Shota's mother)

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Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Character: Hideo Hayakawa

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Kan Mikami

Character: Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)

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LaSalle Ishii

Character: Genji Oshima

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Noboru Mitani

Character: Kiyoshi Saito

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Shigeru Kōyama

Character: Masahiro Murakami

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Akira Nagoya

Character: Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)

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Yūki Meguro

Character: Chief of Staff

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Hideji Ōtaki

Character: Hiroshi Kurita (Director of Nagano Zoo)

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Toshiyuki Nagashima

Character: Keiji Akimoto (Army Major)

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