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.
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Cast
- 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
- Tsurube Shofukutei — bar owner
- Toshiyuki Nagashima — Doctor Mita
- Ken Yasuda — Hisashi Sugimoto
- Toru Nomaguchi — Manabu Kimura
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