Organ

Organ

classified PG S Sold Out

part of The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2020

Film

Please note: This was screened in Feb 2020

Director
Emiko Hiramatsu
Cast
Erika Toda, Sakurako Ohara, Yui Sakuma
Details
119 mins, & Subtitled, 2019, Japan
Primary language
Japanese

Director Emiko Hiramatsu tells the heart-warming untold true story of a group of teachers who evacuated their infant students from a burning Tokyo at the end of WWII.

As Tokyo burns in the wake of air strikes in the closing months of the Pacific War, nursery teacher Kaede and her colleagues persuade parents to let them evacuate their children to safety. Leading their 53 infant students out of the devastated city, they settle in an abandoned temple and begin trying to build the daily lives of the young children now apart from their parents. While the threat of bombing looms music, and an organ they brought with them, brings solace during a terrifying time.

Exploring the power of music in times of hardship, this rare and incredible film shows the little known realities of women on the home front who answered the call of duty in the face of adversity.


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