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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

Ryō Kinoshita

1986 • 1h 46m

In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gav...

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Cast
Tetsuya Takeda
Tetsuya TakedaShota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
Kurara Haruka
Kurara HarukaSachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)
Midori Hagio
Midori HagioSetsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)
Mari Mizutani
Mari MizutaniMariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)
Nobuyo Oyama
Nobuyo OyamaMomoyo (Shota's mother)
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō KawarasakiHideo Hayakawa
Kan Mikami
Kan MikamiKikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
LaSalle Ishii
LaSalle IshiiGenji Oshima
Noboru Mitani
Noboru MitaniKiyoshi Saito
Shigeru Kōyama
Shigeru KōyamaMasahiro Murakami
Akira Nagoya
Akira NagoyaShoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Yūki Meguro
Yūki MeguroChief of Staff
Hideji Ōtaki
Hideji ŌtakiHiroshi Kurita (Director of Nagano Zoo)
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Toshiyuki NagashimaKeiji Akimoto (Army Major)
Crew
Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō MurakiArt Direction
Shōhei Andō
Shōhei AndōCinematography
Nobuo Yamada
Nobuo YamadaScreenplay
Kunio Miyoshi
Kunio MiyoshiAssistant Director
Kentaro Haneda
Kentaro HanedaOriginal Music Composer