
Gekimetsu no uta
Music · Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Mieko Takamine
Mieko Takamine
桜井千鶴
Mieko Takamine
桜井千鶴


Yukiko Todoroki
Yukiko Todoroki
堀越弓子
Yukiko Todoroki
堀越弓子


Yumeji Tsukioka
Yumeji Tsukioka
下田美穂
Yumeji Tsukioka
下田美穂
Yoshie Fujiwara
Yoshie Fujiwara
Yoshie Fujiwara


Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
河上耕造
Chishū Ryū
河上耕造
Junji Masuda
Junji Masuda
小牧
Junji Masuda
小牧
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