Himeyuri no Tô (1982)

Original title

ひめゆりの塔

Directed by

Tadashi Imai

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 22m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 2 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

The film follows a group of schoolgirls and their teachers who are mobilized as nurses during the Battle of Okinawa in World War Two. It shows their struggle to survive under relentless combat and the collapse of their innocence.

hauntingsomberrestrainedhistorically groundedgrief-strickenunflinchingquietly devastating

What happens

『ひめゆりの塔』（ひめゆりのとう）は1982年6月12日に公開された日本映画。今井正監督が、自身が監督した1953年の同名映画を、前作の水木洋子の脚本をそのまま用いてリメイクした。製作は芸苑社。配給は東宝。カラー、ビスタビジョン。上映時間は142分。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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