Sakura Guardian in the North

Mar 10, 2018

2h 6m

★ 8.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production 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

Sakura Guardian in the North Trailers

Cast

Tetsu Ezure

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Shujiro Ezure

Masato Sakai

Mari Ezure

Ryoko Shinohara

Tokujiro Ezure

Hiroshi Abe

Shinji Sugawara

Koichi Sato

Kazuo Yamaoka

Ittoku Kishibe

Daikichi Okabe

Masatoshi Nakamura

Mitsue Shimada

Reiko Takashima

bar owner

Tsurube Shofukutei

Doctor Mita

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Hisashi Sugimoto

Ken Yasuda

Manabu Kimura

Toru Nomaguchi

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