Yamazakura The Cherry Tree in the Hills

Movie
Audience Score
75
Yamazakura The Cherry Tree in the Hills
NR 1 hr 39 minDrama, History
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
DirectorTetsuo Shinohara

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:TEN CARAT Bandai Visual Destiny Geneon Entertainment Nichigakudo TV Asahi
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