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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TOHO, Shogakukan, Bandai
Top Cast
Tetsuya Takeda as Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)
Kurara Haruka as Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée
Midori Hagio as Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)
Mari Mizutani as Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)
Nobuyo Oyama as Momoyo (Shota's mother)
Top Crew
Ryō Kinoshita · Director
Nobuo Yamada · Screenplay
Kentaro Haneda · Composer
Yoshitami Kuroiwa · Editor
Yoshimasa Onishi · Producer
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