A Zoo Without an Elephant
1982, Japanese. Directed by Tsuneo Maeda.
In 1949, after the war, Hidé and his sister Myoko are poor and live in a makeshift hut under the bridge and do their best to survive. When Myoko recovers from an illness, he offers to take her to the Zoo to show her the impressive elephant that marked him during a visit when he was younger. He will be angry to find that there is no more elephant, replaced by a cardboard reproduction. Sankichi, a Zoo employee will tell him the sad truth about what happened.
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- 1h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 20 March 1982
- Original title
- 象のいない動物園
- Country
- Japan
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A Zoo Without an Elephant isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 March 1982. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Zoo Without an Elephant?
A Zoo Without an Elephant (1982) was directed by Tsuneo Maeda and stars Masahiro Anzai, Tadao Futami, Tetsuya Kaji.