In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
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- Renoon TMDB · Sep 20156.5/10
> The consequence of the WWII on the two Japanese children. The latest Japanese anime, based on the fictional account. Following the Japan's surrender during the World War II, the narration concentrates how the people are affected by the consequences of the war. The movie opens with the two elderly people heading towards their childhood village, recalling their memories. The entire movie was from the children's perspective of what they have seen. The story of two young boys living in a remote island of the Japan. Who are obsessed with the toy trains and hopes see them in real one day. When Soviet invades the island and forced to live under their rule with coexist. The life remains unaffected, the children go to the school as usual, where these two boys meet the young Russian blonde girl and befriends. What comes after is the struggle that becomes a lot tougher by the days come and surviving becomes challenging. It was not a top notch anime as I was expecting, but had a decent storyline and the characters. Still, it was a traditional presentation and so pleasant to watch. Somewhat it reminds the 'Grave of the Fireflies', but comparable with that, it was only the less emotionally app
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Cast
- Masachika IchimuraTatsuo Senou (voice)
- Yukie NakamaSawako (voice)
- Kanako YanagiharaMicchan (voice)
- Yusuke SantamariaHideo (voice)
- Kota YokoyamaJunpei Senou (voice)
- Junya TaniaiKanta Senou (voice)
- Saburo KitajimaGenzou Senou (voice)
- Hiroshi InuzukaChief (voice)
- Kaoru YachigusaOlder Sawako (voice)
- Tatsuya NakadaiOlder Junpei Senou (voice)
Crew
- Mizuho NishikuboDirector
- Shigemichi SugitaScreenplay
- Taiki SakuraiScreenplay
- Yumiko NakataDirector of Photography
- Masashi SadaOriginal Music Composer
- Junichi UematsuEditor
- Taiki SakuraiProducer
- Tomoyuki MiyagawaProducer
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