Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth (1986)
Drama
War
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 gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.
Cast
Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Chief of Staff
Hiroshi Kurita (Director of Nagano Zoo)
Keiji Akimoto (Army Major)
Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)
Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)
Momoyo (Shota's mother)
Hideo Hayakawa
Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
Genji Oshima
Kiyoshi Saito
Masahiro Murakami
Crew
Director
Assistant Director
Producer
Screenplay
Art Direction
Cinematography
Editor
Producer
Lighting Technician
Original Music Composer
Sound
Still Photographer