Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

19861h 46m

Drama · War

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Tetsuya Takeda

Tetsuya Takeda

Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)

Kurara Haruka

Kurara Haruka

Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)

Midori Hagio

Midori Hagio

Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)

Mari Mizutani

Mari Mizutani

Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)

Nobuyo Oyama

Nobuyo Oyama

Momoyo (Shota's mother)

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Hideo Hayakawa

Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)

LaSalle Ishii

LaSalle Ishii

Genji Oshima

Noboru Mitani

Noboru Mitani

Kiyoshi Saito

Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Masahiro Murakami

Akira Nagoya

Akira Nagoya

Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)

Yūki Meguro

Yūki Meguro

Chief of Staff

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