Antarctica (1983 film)
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Antarctica is a 1983 Japanese drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Ken Takakura. Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole, its dramatic
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Taro and Jiro
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Taro and Jiro were a pair of two Sakhalin Husky brothers who survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Due to poor weather co
Antarctica (1983 film)
…Nankyoku Monogatari; lit. "South Pole Story") is a 1983 Japanese drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Ken Takakura. Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole, its dramatic rescue from the severe weather conditions on the return journey, the relationship between the scientists and their loyal and hard-working…
Jiro, on display at the National Museum of Nature and Science
Dr. Hisabu Abe in front of Taro's taxidermy, photographed in 2022 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden
Statues of Taro and Jiro in Nagoya