Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
山桜 (original title)
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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.
Cast: Rena Tanaka, Noriyuki Higashiyama, Tetsuya Chiba, Fumi Dan, Sumiko Fuji, Reika Fujisawa, Ben Hiura, Takahiro Hōjō, Kojun Ito, Nao Minamisawa, Kunio Murai, Eiko Nagashima, Saburo Shinoda, Choei Takahashi
Writers: Yasuo Hasegawa (Screenplay), Shuhei Fujisawa (Novel), Kenzaburô Iida (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Tokushō Kikumura
Production Designer: Katsumi Kaneda
Editor: Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Composer: Udai Shike
Direction team: Toshihisa Yamada (Assistant Director)
Producer: Satoshi Kono
Production: TEN CARAT, Bandai Visual, Destiny, Geneon Entertainment
