Movie: Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rena Tanaka
田中麗奈

Noe Isomura

Noriyuki Higashiyama
東山紀之

Yoichiro Tezuka

Tetsuya Chiba
ちばてつや

Shouzaemon Isomura

Fumi Dan
檀ふみ

Sumiko Fuji
富司純子

Shizu Tezuka

Reika Fujisawa
藤沢玲花

Ben Hiura
樋浦勉

Takahiro Hōjō
北条隆博

Kojun Ito
伊藤幸純

Nao Minamisawa
南沢奈央

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2008-05-31

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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