Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974)

Original title

樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門

Directed by

Mitsuo Murayama

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

In 1945, Soviet forces invade the Japanese territory of Karafuto. The film follows a group of women working in a postal telegraph office in Maoka as the war closes in on them.

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What happens

Karafuto 1945 Natsu Hyōsetsu no Mon (Japanese: 樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門; lit. Karafuto 1945 Summer: Gate of Ice and Snow), also called Gate of Ice, is a 1974 Japanese war film based on the Soviet Union's invasion of Karafuto during the Soviet–Japanese War near the end of World War II. The movie is set in Maoka (present day Kholmsk), and the story is based on the deaths of nine women who worked in the postal telegraph office in the city. Twelve women worked in the office, and on August 20, 1945, nine of them committed suicide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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