Kōzō Monogatari: Chijō ni Orita Tenshi (1986)

Original title

子象物語 地上に降りた天使

Directed by

Ryō Kinoshita

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 46m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A zookeeper bonds with a baby elephant during World War II. The film follows their relationship as the war threatens the animals in the zoo.

melancholicgentlepoignantslow-pacedheartfeltbitter-sweetnostalgicfamily-oriented

What happens

Baby Elephant Story: The Angel Who Descended to Earth (Japanese: 子象物語 地上に降りた天使, Hepburn: Kouzou monogatari: Chijou ni orita tenshi) is a 1986 Japanese children's drama film directed by Ryô Kinoshita and written by Nobuo Yamada. The film was adapted from the 1951 short story Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya. Baby Elephant Story stars Tetsuya Takeda in the lead role, as well as Kurara Haruka, Midori Hagio, Toshiyuki Nagashima and Nobuyo Ōyama. It was theatrically released on July 26, 1986, by Toho. The film was a box office success in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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