The Prisoner of Sakura - 2019

With all the unrest and uncertainty in the world today, now feels as good a time as any for a movie portraying good will and love between people from opposing countries. The film is a love story set in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture on the Japanese island of Shikoku against the historical backdrop of the Russo-Japanese War. The movie is centered around the romance between a Russian officer, a war prisoner in Matsuyama, and a Japanese nurse who find themselves on opposing sides of the war. It is a kind of "Romeo and Juliet story of the Russo-Japanese War".

111min
2019
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.5/10

Cast

Junko Abe profile pictureJunko AbeYui Takeda / Sakurako Takamiya
Issey Ogata profile pictureIssey OgataCommandant Kono
Andrey Dementyev profile pictureAndrey DementyevAlexander Svyatopolk-mirsky
Takumi Saitoh profile pictureTakumi SaitohShiro Kurata
Ivan Gromov profile pictureIvan GromovAlexey Krushinsky
Yōko Yamamoto profile pictureYōko YamamotoGrandmother Kikue

About The Prisoner of Sakura

The Prisoner of Sakura Overview

With all the unrest and uncertainty in the world today, now feels as good a time as any for a movie portraying good will and love between people from opposing countries. The film is a love story set in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture on the Japanese island of Shikoku against the historical backdrop of the Russo-Japanese War. The movie is centered around the romance between a Russian officer, a war prisoner in Matsuyama, and a Japanese nurse who find themselves on opposing sides of the war. It is a kind of "Romeo and Juliet story of the Russo-Japanese War".

Runtime: 111min

Extra details

Original Title: ソローキンの見た桜
Original Language: Japanese
Directed By: Masaki Inoue
Production Companies
AMUSEBCM Roadshow ProductionsFirst ChannelHeisei ProjectHakuhodo DY Media Partners