Release Date

31 May, 2008

Runtime

01:39: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

山桜

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Actors

田中麗奈

東山紀之

ちばてつや

檀ふみ

富司純子

Reina Fujii

樋浦勉

北条隆博

Kôjun Itô

南沢奈央

村井国夫

永島暎子

篠田三郎

高橋長英

Crew

篠原哲雄

長谷川康夫

Satoshi Kohno

奥原好幸

藤沢周平

Katsumi Kaneda

喜久村徳章

Kenzaburô Iida

Udai Shike