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Kiku and the Wolf (2008)

Kiku and the Wolf (2008)

Drama Animation Family War TV Movie
Release Date: 2008, August 15
Directors: Minetaro Hirai, Tetsuo Yasumi
Countries: Japan
Production: Shin-Ei Animation
Cast: Sumi Shimamoto, Naomi Kusumi, Masako Nozawa, Ayako Kawasumi, Ai Satou, Motoko Kumai, Konami Yoshida

Overview:

Kiku-chan to Ookami is, like most of the Sensou Douwa specials, based on a short story by Nosaka Akiyuki. It is set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (the Chinese province of Manchuria) during the closing days of Word War II. Life for the Japanese colonists is tranquil, with none of the hazards and shortages occurring in the Japanese homeland. Then, on August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, fulfilling its obligations to the Western Allies, declares war and invades. The local Kwantung Army folds up like a house of cards, leaving the Japanese colonists exposed to the invading Russians and Chinese.