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".
Credits
The Prisoner of Sakura Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Yōko Yamamoto
She was 77, now 82 years old
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as Grandmother Kikue |
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Ivan Gromov
He was 101, 85 years old when he died
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as Alexey Krushinsky |
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Takumi Saito
He was 38, now 43 years old
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as Shiro Kurata |
The Prisoner of Sakura Crew
