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Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
1 hr 41 min
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Aired
1988-07-21 to ?
Source
Picture book
Rating
Genres
Drama
Historical
Studios
Producers
Magic Bus
Licensors
Shirahata no Shoujo Ryuuko (白旗の少女 琉子)
In 1945, American troops land on the island of Okinawa. The Japanese fight a guerrilla war against the invaders, and little Ryuko is forced to leave her grandparents behind and flee with her mother and younger sister, who are eventually killed. Ryuko heads on alone across the war-torn island. Eventually she reaches safety in Japanese-occupied caves, only to witness the Japanese troops committing suicide with hand grenades. Based on a children's book by Akira Aratagawa and Hikuji Norima, itself inspired by real American footage of an Okinawan girl, Tomiko Higa, waving a white flag at the island's surrender. (Source: Anime Encyclopedia)