San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.
Cinematography
Ghibli alum renders jungle decay with heartbreaking lushness.
Writing
Manga adaptation spares no brutality in sixty tight minutes.
Acting
Mitsushima's Mayu carries impossible weight in every whisper.
Director
Yukimitsu Ina
Marika Ito
San (voice)
Hikari Mitsushima
Mayu (voice)
Yoko Hikasa
Tamaki (voice)
Rena Motomura
Hina (voice)
Chinatsu Akasaki
Mari (voice)
Aoi Koga
Yuri (voice)
Yume Miyamoto
Kaede (voice)
Izumi Aoyagi
Shiho (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Kaho (voice)
Umeka Shouji
Sensei (voice)
Maria Abo
(voice)
Akane Amasawa
(voice)
Yui Arai
(voice)
Saaya Okutomo
(voice)
Hayato Kimura
(voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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