Himeyuri no Tô (1953)

Original title

ひめゆりの塔

Directed by

Tadashi Imai

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

It follows a group of schoolgirls in Okinawa who become nurses on the front lines during World War Two. The film shows their struggle to survive in the face of overwhelming violence and loss.

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What happens

『ひめゆりの塔』（ひめゆりのとう）は、1953年（昭和28年）1月9日公開の日本映画である。東映製作・配給。監督は今井正。モノクロ、スタンダード。上映時間は130分。 沖縄戦で看護婦として前線に立ったひめゆり学徒隊の悲劇を描いた戦争映画。戦争批判とセンチメンタリズムが盛り込まれた作品は配給収入1億8,000万円という大ヒットを記録し、倒産の危機にあった東映を救った。第27回キネマ旬報ベスト・テン第7位。1982年（昭和57年）に同脚本・同監督によりリメイク版が公開された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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