Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his best friend who has gone off to war with his sister Reiko to marry her, but he is not ready to abandon his love for Kumiko, a nurse at his mother's hospital.
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Seiji Maruyama Director · Dai Nishijima Writer Shinichirô Nakamura Story
First release October 20, 1954 · Produced in Japan · Original title 君死に給うことなかれ
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TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
君死に給うことなかれ
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 20, 1954
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