Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

1986
1h 46m
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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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO Shogakukan Bandai
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 子象物語 地上に降りた天使
Release Date July 26, 1986
Status Released
Language JA

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

Key Crew

Ryō Kinoshita
Director
Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay
Yoshimasa Onishi
Producer
Junichi Shinzaka
Producer

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