Yoko the Cherry Blossom

Yoko the Cherry Blossom

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 21, 2015

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama, Comedy

User Score

60%

Original Title

陽光桜-YOKO THE CHERRY BLOSSOM-

Director

Gen Takahashi

Description

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.