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Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills (2008)
Directed by Tetsuo Shinohara
History, Drama · 1h 39m
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Cast
Rena Tanaka
Noriyuki Higashiyama
Tetsuya Chiba
Fumi Dan
Sumiko Fuji
Ben Hiura
Takahiro Hōjō
Kojun Ito
Nao Minamisawa
Kunio Murai
Eiko Nagashima
Crew
- Director
- Tetsuo Shinohara
- Screenplay
- Yasuo Hasegawa, Kenzaburô Iida
- Novel
- Shuhei Fujisawa
- Director of Photography
- Tokushō Kikumura
- Original Music Composer
- Udai Shike
- Editor
- Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Details
- Original title
- 山桜
- Release date
- 2008-05-31
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TEN CARAT, Bandai Visual, Destiny, Geneon Entertainment, Nichigakudo, TV Asahi