Top Cast
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Masako Ikeda
Yoshi Nakane (voice)
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Katsue Miwa
Kayoko Nakane (voice)
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Masako Nozawa
Kisaburo Nakane (voice)
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Nozomu Sasaki
Takejiro Nakane (voice)
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Norio Wakamoto
Otokichi Nakane (voice)
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Michiyo Yanagisawa
Konosuke Nakane (voice)
Overview
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.
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