Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)

Original title

ローレライ

Directed by

Shinji Higuchi

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

K-12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy tries to stop a third atomic bomb from being dropped on Tokyo. This is a fictional story that imagines what might have happened.

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What happens

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean, known in Japan as simply Lorelei (ローレライ, Rōrerai), is a 2005 Japanese war drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi (in his feature directorial debut). In the film, the Imperial Japanese Navy save Tokyo from a third atomic bomb during World War II. The film was the highest-grossing film in Japan during the week of its release. The story of "Lorelei", based on a best-selling novel written by Harutoshi Fukui, is a departure from the last 50 years of Japanese cinema by weaving a tale using a "what if" fictional narrative with a tip of the hat to modern manga storylines and styles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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