Shirahata no Shoujo Ryuuko

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Girl with the White Flag

Japanese: 白旗の少女琉子

Information

Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 21, 1988

Producers: Magic Bus

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: None found, add some

Source: Picture book

Genre: Drama

Theme: Historical

Duration: 1 hr. 41 min.

Rating: None

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Ranked: #14140²

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Popularity: #16895

Members: 502

Favorites: 0

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Ranked #14140Popularity #16895Members 502

Episodes: /1

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, only to witness the Japanese troops committing suicide with hand grenades. 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: Anime Encyclopedia)