Tower of Lilies (1953)
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
Director:
Tadashi Imai
Writer:
Yōko Mizuki
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Keiko Tsushima as Teacher Miyagi |
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Eiji Okada as Teacher Tamai |
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Kinzō Shin as |
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Fusatarō Ishijima as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Akitake Kōno as |
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Shunji Kasuga as |
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Takashi Kanda as |
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Tadashi Minamikawa as |
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Gen Shimizu as |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Fumi Uehara |
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Chieko Seki as |
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Miki Odagiri as |
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Kaneko Iwasaki as |
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Machiko Tokunaga as |
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Junko Uozumi as |
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Misako Watanabe as |
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Yūko Kusunoki as |
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Hiroko Matsui as |
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Kikuko Hasegawa as |
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Hiroko Sugita as |
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Sumie Nakazawa as |
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Chiyoko Shimizu as |
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Akiko Suzuki as |
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Susumu Fujita as Dr. Oka |
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Yasumi Hara as |
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Yoshi Katō as |
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Kōichi Hayashi as |
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Izumi Hara as |
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Koji Kiyomura as |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as |
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Ko Ishida as |
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Toru Takeuchi as |
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Jûzô Dôsan as |
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Kimio Shimazaki as |
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Ei Iwagami as |
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Akikazu Takizawa as |
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Takanobu Hozumi as |
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Yahachiro Toyono as |
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Hiroshi Funayama as |
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Midori Yamamoto as |
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Harue Tone as |
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Haruko Toda as |
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Goro Morino as |
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Keiichi Shimada as |
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Fudeko Tanaka as |
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Hisako Hara as |
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Fumiyo Yanagi as |
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Hajime Kubo as |
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Suzuko Oshima as |
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Eizo Tanaka as |
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Kazuko Yamamoto as |
| Directing | Tadashi Imai | Director |
| Production | Mitsuo Makino | Producer |
| Production | Takero Itō | Producer |
| Sound | Yūji Koseki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shunichirō Nakao | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hiroshi Okawa | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Keiichirō Ishino | Novel |
| Writing | Yōko Mizuki | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Mitsuharu Hirata | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Kazuo Kubo | Art Direction |
| Sound | Michio Okazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Akikazu Kono | Editor |
| Directing | Shinji Murayama | Assistant Director |