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Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki (1949)

Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki poster
Original title
鐘の鳴る丘 第一篇 隆太の巻
Directed by
Keisuke Sasaki
Genre
war film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 21m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is the final film in a trilogy about children and families during wartime in Japan. It follows the characters from the earlier movies as they face the aftermath of the war and try to rebuild their lives.

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What happens

Kane no naru oka: Dai-san hen, kuro no maki (鐘の鳴る丘 第三篇クロの巻, Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: the third volume) is 1949 Japanese film and the final installment of a wartime film trilogy, directed by Keisuke Sasaki, featuring the cast from the previous two Ringing Bell Hill films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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