It was a sanatorium in the highlands. Patients such as Totsuka, Hirota, and Hashida were battling their illnesses under the devoted care of Michiko, a nurse so beautiful and noble that she was nicknamed “The Messenger from the Moon.” When Totsuka learned that Hirota, who was about to be discharged, secretly loved Michiko, he devised a plan and arranged for them to spend some time alone in a birch grove. Hirota and Michiko made a firm vow for their future, but around that time, an unexpected visitor arrived at Hirota’s hospital room.
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Ken Uehara
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Kogiku Hanayagi
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Chizuru Kitagawa
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Chieko Sōma
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Ichirō Sugai
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Saburo Date
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Kanji Koshiba
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Chiharu Otomo
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Asako Takahara
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Yoshiko Fujishiro
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Eiko Hayami
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Kuniko Miyajima
Bin Katō Director · Naoyuki Hatta Screenplay Masao Kume Story
First release January 31, 1949 · Produced in Japan · Original title 月よりの使者
Production
Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
月よりの使者
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 31, 1949
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