In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.

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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

July 26, 1986

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Cast (14)

Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)

Sachiko Kogure (Akimoto's fiancée/Pianist)

Setsuko Tanabe (Shota's wife)

Mariko Kurita (Director Kurita's daughter)

Momoyo (Shota's mother)

Hideo Hayakawa

Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)

Genji Oshima

Kiyoshi Saito

Masahiro Murakami

Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)

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Hiroshi Kurita (Director of Nagano Zoo)

Keiji Akimoto (Army Major)

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