Himeyuri no To (ひめゆりの塔) 28 years old

The Girls' Division of Okinawa Normal School and the First Okinawa Prefectural High School for Girls were also known as "Himeyuri no Gakuen". In July 1944, the students, who were supposed to spend their summer vacations at home, were called back to school to prepare for the coming war and to fulfill their duties as subjects of the Imperial State. The fate of the girls and teachers awaited them as the American army attacked.

Credits

Yasuko Sawaguchi as Chiyoko Miyagi

Masahiro Takashima as First Lieutenant Ohsugi

Miki Sakai as Sigeko Ohwan

Toshiyuki Nagashima as Masafumi Nakasone

Kumiko Goto as Yasuko Tokuji

Keiko Imamura as Kiyoko Ohsiro

Himeyuri no To Cast

Name	Character
Yasuko Sawaguchi She was 30, now 59 years old	as Chiyoko Miyagi
Masahiro Takashima He was 29, now 58 years old	as First Lieutenant Ohsugi
Miki Sakai She was 17, now 46 years old	as Sigeko Ohwan
Toshiyuki Nagashima He was 38, now 67 years old	as Masafumi Nakasone
Kumiko Goto She was 21, now 50 years old	as Yasuko Tokuji
Keiko Imamura She was 21, now 50 years old	as Kiyoko Ohsiro

Himeyuri no To Crew

Name	Department
Seijirō Kōyama as Director. He was 53 (now 82) years old	Directing
Seijirō Kōyama as Adaptation. He was 53 (now 82) years old	Writing
Yoko Mizuki as Original Story. She was 84 (91) years old when She died	Writing

Himeyuri no To (28 years)

Release day: Saturday, May 27, 1995
Runtime: 121 minutes