Top Cast
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Aya Hisakawa
Tomoko Kasamatsu (voice)
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Motomu Kiyokawa
Yuusuke Kasamatsu (voice)
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Nobuo Tobita
Tetsuo Kasamatsu (voice)
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Shotaro Okubo
Yuusuke Kasamatsu (child, voice)
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Kensuke Tezuka
Shouhei (voice)
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Ai Orikasa
Narrator
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Reina Ebisu
Ayako (voice)
Overview
The fourth film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa".
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