Movie·2018·2h 6m
Sakura Guardian in the North
Directed By
Yojiro Takita
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 北の桜守
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
Written By
Machiko Nasu
Producer
Rioko Tominaga, Yusuke Okada
Cinematography
Takeshi Hamada
Music
Katsu Hoshi
Editor
Lee Yeong-mi
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tetsu Ezure
Masato Sakai
Shujiro Ezure
Ryoko Shinohara
Mari Ezure
Hiroshi Abe
Tokujiro Ezure
Koichi Sato
Shinji Sugawara
Ittoku Kishibe
Kazuo Yamaoka
Masatoshi Nakamura
Daikichi Okabe
Reiko Takashima
Mitsue Shimada
Tsurube Shofukutei
bar owner
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Doctor Mita
Ken Yasuda
Hisashi Sugimoto
Toru Nomaguchi
Manabu Kimura
Katsuya Maiguma
Iwaki
Daikichi Sugawara
Yukijiro Hotaru
Toshi Oide
Yuki Tayama
Minami Kajihara
// crew
Crew
Yojiro Takita
Director
Rioko Tominaga
Producer
Takeshi Hamada
Director of Photography
Lee Yeong-mi
Editor
Katsu Hoshi
Original Music Composer
Kei Ogura
Original Music Composer
Shogo Kaida
Original Music Composer
Yusuke Okada
Executive Producer
Arata Nishi
Executive Producer
Machiko Nasu
Screenplay
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