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7.0/10   21 votes
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Writers:
Fumiyo Kono (original comic)
Kei Kunii (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 July 2007 (Japan) more
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3 wins more
User Comments:
Not bad, but could be worse. more (3 total)

Cast

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Rena Tanaka ... Nanami Ishikawa
Kumiko Asô ... Minami Hirano
Hisashi Yoshizawa ... Yutaka Uchikoshi - young
Noriko Nakagoshi ... Toko Tone
Mitsunori Isaki ... Asahi Ishikawa - young
Yuta Kanai ... Nagio Ishikawa
Ryôsei Tayama ... Yutaka Uchikoshi - adult
Urara Awata ... Kyoka Ota
Shiho Fujimura ... Fujimi Hirano
Masaaki Sakai ... Asahi Ishikawa - adult
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Asami Katsura
Rina Koike
Jun Matsumoto
Saburô Tamura
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Yunagi City, Sakura Country (International: English title)
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Japan:118 min
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Not bad, but could be worse., 21 October 2009
7/10
Author: srkooijman from Tokyo, Japan

Last year I was browsing through a store in Hiroshima and came across a manga called Yuunagi No Machi, Sakura no Kuni. I flipped through it and the story appealed to me. On the train ride home i read it and got my phone out for some additional info and found that this movie was made.

After seeing it I was first pleasantly surprised and then unpleasantly shocked.

While the first part stays pretty close to the written story, with excellent acting, good casting and a deep meaning and feeling (pro- Japan, anti-war etc) the second part was terrible. The book itself consists of three parts where "Town of Cherry Blossoms makes up 2 parts). The first part is mainly the "flashbacks" from the movie, playing baseball, giving her Nagio a cherry blossom shower etc. The second part is the "chase dad on his crazy hyjinx" part.

I found the second part of the movie quite bad, the casting was off, the acting was cheesy and the setting was odd (although accurate, having been there just a day earlier).

The 7 I gave this movie comes from a 9 for the first part, and a 5 from the second part.

I will not go in on the political message too much. I think it's fine, the comic book is even harsher, roughly translated they say "It's been 10 years. I wonder if the people who dropped the atomic bomb are pleased with themselves- Yes! Got another one!"

I think the movie raises a valid point about the American atrocities done to the Japanese people (hello Russia, this is Yankee doodle, look at what we got!).

As a final word, good movie, go get it. Buy the DVD and watch it.

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