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".

Cast

Junko Abe, Rodion Galyuchenko, Issey Ogata, Andrey Dementyev, Takumi Saitoh, Ivan Gromov, Yōko Yamamoto

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What is "The Prisoner of Sakura" about?

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".

When was "The Prisoner of Sakura" released?

The Prisoner of Sakura was released in 2019.

Who stars in "The Prisoner of Sakura"?

The cast includes Junko Abe, Rodion Galyuchenko, Issey Ogata, Andrey Dementyev.