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The Girl with the White Flag

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Original title: Shirahata no Shōjo Ryūko
Year: 1988
Running time: 101 min.
Country: Japan
Director: Satoshi Dezaki
Screenwriter: Satoshi Dezaki. Novel: Akira Arakawa, Hiroshi Gima
Cast: Animation
Music: Yuuki Nakajima
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: Magic Bus
Genre: Animation. Drama. War | II World War. Historical
Synopsis: In 1945, American troops land on the island of Okinawa. The Japanese fight a guerrilla war against the invaders, and little Ryuko is forced to leave her grandparents behind and flee with her mother and younger sister, who are eventually killed. Ryuko heads on alone across the war-torn island. Eventually she reaches safety in Japanese-occupied caves. Based on a children's book by Akira Aratagawa and Hikuji Norima, itself inspired by real American footage of an Okinawan girl, Tomiko Higa, waving a white flag at the island's surrender. (Source: MyAnimeList)

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The Girl with the White Flag

1988

Satoshi Dezaki

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2009

Paulo Rebelo