War ·Drama ·History · Japan · 1954 · 1h 20m

The Last Women

最後の女達

The Last Women poster
Director
Kiyoshi Kusuda
Cast
Akitake Kōno as Makimura Harue Tone as Atsuko Yoshiko Machida as Kumiko Akira Yamanouchi as sergeant Harashima Yūko Tsumura as Shinaeda Goro Fukuchi as Murakami
Crew
Hanjirō Nakazawa — Director of Photography Yasushi Akutagawa — Original Music Composer Yasutaro Yagi — Screenplay Tsutomu Kitamura — Writer Kazuo Wakayama — Producer Kanjiro Sato — Producer
Synopsis

The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On July 7, an order comes that everyone must die in order not to be captured by the enemy.

Key Collaborators
Kiyoshi Kusuda Director Hanjirō Nakazawa Director of Photography Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer Yasutaro Yagi Screenplay Tsutomu Kitamura Writer Kazuo Wakayama Producer Kanjiro Sato Producer Junji Eguchi Production Design
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