Elephant Song
1994, Japanese. Directed by Go Riju.
Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always wanted to be buried in the land rather than a cemetery, so that his body would be 'useful' - and now he's dead. Kanako and her boy enlist the help of a friendly florist with a small truck, steal the corpse, and head for the mountains.
- Runtime
- 0h 59m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 15 October 1994
- Original title
- エレファントソング
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Osamu Minorikawa, Go Riju
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Elephant Song runs 59 minutes (0h 59m).
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Elephant Song isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 October 1994. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Elephant Song?
Elephant Song (1994) was directed by Go Riju and stars Miyuki Matsuda, Susumu Terajima, Morio Agata.