Mar 09, 1991
90 min
Full-HD

Kayoko's Diary (1991)

Kayoko is a young girl in 1940, just starting first grade. Nothing can prepare her for 1945, and the bleak times that are soon to come.

Category

Animation Drama War

Country

Japan

Companies

Mushi Production

Masako Ikeda

Yoshi Nakane (voice)

Katsue Miwa

Kayoko Nakane (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Kisaburo Nakane (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Takejiro Nakane (voice)

Norio Wakamoto

Otokichi Nakane (voice)

Michiyo Yanagisawa

Konosuke Nakane (voice)

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