Release Date

May, 28th, 2011

Running Time

105 min

Genre

Historical , Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

Stereo

[ Directed by ]

• ICHIKAWA Toru

[ Produced by ]

• KUBO Yukio
• HARIMA Akira
• OTA Koyumi

[ Cast ]

• HASEGAWA Hatsunori ── TAKAMINE Jokichi
• SHINODA Saburo ── SAKURAI Joji
• TANAKA Misato ── OMIMURA Takako
• WATANABE Hiroyuki ── KANEKO Kentaro
• KAWAKUBO Takuji ── TOYODA Sakichi
• Naomi GRACE ── Caroline HITCH
• Honey LAUREN ── Ms. Scidmore
• KOKUBU Sachiko ── TAKEBASHI Jun・Mariko
• MUSAKA Naomasa ── MURAI Rokuro
• SHIBATA Rie ── MURAI Hatsu

[ Staff ]

• ICHIKAWA Toru ── Exective Producer
• HASEGAWA Keiichi ── Screenplay
• OTA Koyumi ── Screenplay
• KOBAYASHI Kumiko ── Screenplay
• Sam Keji YANO ── Director of Photography
• KURATA Ryota ── Cinematography
• TANABE Hiroshi ── Lighting
• UCHIDA Makoto ── Sound Mixer

[ Production Company ]

THE HOKKOKU SHIMBUN, Toyama Shinbun Company, Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Rei23

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Arc Films

[ Story ]

An interpersonal drama shot on location in Japan and the United States, and produced as a sequel to the biographical film Sakura, Sakura: Samurai Kagakusha Takamine Jokichi no Shogai, also directed by Ichikawa Toru. Takamine Jokichi (Hasegawa Hatsunori) achieved success as a scientist and businessman after emigrating to the U.S. from Japan in the Meiji era. Hoping to foster friendly relations between the two countries, he came up with a plan to plant Japanese cherry trees in New York, but many obstacles stood in his way. The rows of cherry trees at West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. that are seen in the film will reach their 100th anniversary in 2002.

[ Official Site ]

http://j-takamine.com/index.html

[ Contact (International) ]

For further contact details, please contact UNIJAPAN -> [ Contact ]