山桜 (2008)
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
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.
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Rena Tanaka
as Noe Isomura
as Noe Isomura
Noriyuki Higashiyama
as Yoichiro Tezuka
as Yoichiro Tezuka
Tetsuya Chiba
as Shouzaemon Isomura
as Shouzaemon Isomura
Fumi Dan
as
as
Sumiko Fuji
as Shizu Tezuka (as Sumiko Fuji)
as Shizu Tezuka (as Sumiko Fuji)
Reina Fujii
as
as
Ben Hiura
as
as
Takahiro Hōjō
as
as
Kôjun Itô
as
as
Nao Minamisawa
as
as
Kunio Murai
as
as
Eiko Nagashima
as
as
Saburo Shinoda
as
as
Chōei Takahashi
as
as
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Tetsuo Shinohara
Director
Director
Yasuo Hasegawa
Screenplay
Screenplay
Shuhei Fujisawa
Novel
Novel
Kenzaburô Iida
Screenplay
Screenplay
Satoshi Kohno
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Tokushô Kikumura
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Udai Shike
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Katsumi Kaneda
Production Design
Production Design
Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Editor
Editor
