Mar 10, 2018
126 min
Full-HD

Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Toei Company Toei Tokyo TV Asahi Kinoshita Group Toei Animation Hakuhodo Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures Toei Video Company Asahi Broadcasting Corporation jeki The Asahi Shimbun Yomiuri Shimbun Company Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Nagoya Broadcasting Network Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting Hokkaido Shinbun Press Shizuoka Asahi Television Hiroshima Home Television Higashi Nippon Broadcasting

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

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