Yoko the Cherry Blossom (2015)

6.0/10 • 115 min • Drama Comedy

Overview

In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki’s students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some hope, he makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. Consumed by sadness over the fate of his students, Masaaki devotes the next 30 years of his life to develop a new species of cherry blossoms that could thrive in any climate in remembrance of his students.

Cast

Takashi Sasano

Masaaki Takaoka

Koji Matoba

Maki Miyamoto

Taisei Miyamoto

Yûya Takayama

Ryushi Mizukami

Daisuke Nagakura

Hikaru Makishima

Kyoko Hayami

Shinya Ono

Gen Idemitsu

Naomi Hase

Hironobu Nomura

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