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Gekimetsu no uta

Gekimetsu no uta

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MusicDrama

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Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day of the outbreak of war, the three girls meet again for the first time since their graduation ceremony. This film was made at the end of the war to promote the military song “Song of the Annihilation of the United States and Great Britain” and to raise the will to fight.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

71 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

29 March 1945

Country

Japan

Cast

Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine

桜井千鶴

Yukiko Todoroki

Yukiko Todoroki

堀越弓子

Yumeji Tsukioka

Yumeji Tsukioka

下田美穂

Yoshie Fujiwara

Yoshie Fujiwara

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

河上耕造

Junji Masuda

Junji Masuda

小牧

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