Sayuri Yoshinaga and Masato Sakai cast in movie “Kita no Sakuramori”

Sayuri Yoshinaga and Masato Sakai are cast in new movie “Kita no Sakuramori.” Movie is directed by Yojiro Takita (“Departures“). The film follows Shujiro Ezure (Masato Sakai) as he returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.. He visits the town of Abashiri where his mother still lives alone. In 1945, his mother fled her home in the Sakhalin Island after the Soviet Union invaded the area and arrived in Abashiri with her two sons.

“Kita no Sakuramori” will be released sometime during spring, 2018 in Japan.