Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) Blu-ray Region A

Legendary veteran actress Yoshinaga Sayuri returns to Japan's snowy northern region in Sakura Guardian in the North, the final chapter of the "North Trilogy" after A Chorus of Angels and Year One in the North. Takita Yojiro (Departures) directs Nasu Machiko's script about a woman's strength and a family's loss and reunion over two decades and two generations. Set in 1945 and 1971, the film features a distinguished cast that includes Sakai Masato, Shinohara Ryoko, Abe Hiroshi and Sato Koichi.

In 1945 in the final days of WWII, the Soviet army invades and seizes Sakhalin Island from Japan. Ezure Tetsu (Yoshinaga Sayuri) is forced to flee with her two sons while her husband (Abe Hiroshi) remains on the island to fight. Tetsu and her sons end up in Abashiri in Hokkaido. In 1971, Tetsu's son Shujiro (Sakai Masato) returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S. In Sapporo, Shujiro sees his estranged mother again for the first time in 15 years and finds that she is struggling to get by on her own. He takes her in, but Tetsu wants to return to Abashiri by herself. Shujiro accompanies her on a journey through Hokkaido and memories of the past.

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Product Title:	Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 北の櫻守 (2018) (Blu-ray) (香港版) 北の樱守 (2018) (Blu-ray) (香港版) 北の桜守 Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Also known as:	北之櫻守︰媽媽的守護者 北之樱守∶妈妈的守护者
Artist Name(s):	Yoshinaga Sayuri (Actor) | Sakai Masato (Actor) | Shinohara Ryoko (Actor) | Abe Hiroshi (Actor) | Nagashima Toshiyuki (Actor) | Masatoshi Nakamura (Actor) | Sato Koichi (Actor) | Yasuda Ken (Actor) | Shofukutei Tsurube (Actor) | Takashima Reiko (Actor) | Nomaguchi Toru (Actor) | Maiguma Katsuya (Actor) 吉永小百合 (Actor) | 堺雅人 (Actor) | 篠原涼子 (Actor) | 阿部寬 (Actor) | 永島敏行 (Actor) | 中村雅俊 (Actor) | 佐藤浩市 (Actor) | 安田顯 (Actor) | 笑福亭鶴瓶 (Actor) | 高島禮子 (Actor) | 野間口徹 (Actor) | 毎熊克哉 (Actor) 吉永小百合 (Actor) | 堺雅人 (Actor) | 篠原凉子 (Actor) | 阿部宽 (Actor) | 永岛敏行 (Actor) | 中村雅俊 (Actor) | 佐藤浩市 (Actor) | 安田显 (Actor) | 笑福亭鹤瓶 (Actor) | 高岛礼子 (Actor) | 野间口彻 (Actor) | 毎熊克哉 (Actor) 吉永小百合 (Actor) | 堺雅人 (Actor) | 篠原涼子 (Actor) | 阿部寛 (Actor) | 永島敏行 (Actor) | 中村雅俊 (Actor) | 佐藤浩市 (Actor) | 安田顕 (Actor) | 笑福亭鶴瓶 (Actor) | 高島礼子 (Actor) | 野間口徹 (Actor) | まいぐま かつや (Actor) Yoshinaga Sayuri (Actor) | Sakai Masato (Actor) | 시노하라 료코 (Actor) | Abe Hiroshi (Actor) | Nagashima Toshiyuki (Actor) | Masatoshi Nakamura (Actor) | Sato Koichi (Actor) | Yasuda Ken (Actor) | Shofukutei Tsurube (Actor) | Takashima Reiko (Actor) | Nomaguchi Toru (Actor) | Maiguma Katsuya (Actor)
Director:	Takita Yojiro 瀧田洋二郎 泷田洋二郎 滝田洋二郎 Takita Yojiro
Writer:	那須真知子
Blu-ray Region Code:	A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Release Date:	2019-07-12
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Place of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	[HD] High Definition What is it?
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital EX(TM) / THX Surround EX(TM)
Disc Format(s):	Blu-ray
Screen Resolution:	1080p (1920 x 1080 progressive scan)
Duration:	126 (mins)
Publisher:	Panorama (HK)
Package Weight:	100 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1075706494

In the spring of 1945, cherry blossoms flower in southern Sakhalin. For Tetsu Ezure and her sons, they symbolize hope. But the following August, the Soviet Union invades and they flee from Sakhalin. Barely managing to make it across the strait to Hokkaido, they make their way down the coast to Abashiri. Awaiting the battered family there is a life so harsh as to strain the imagination: cold and hunger through which they myst struggle to survive. They younger son, Shujiro, now grown, returns from America. He returns to Abashiri for the first time in 15 years to find his older brother gone and his elderly mother living alone in poverty still waiting for her husband to return. Shujiro decides to take her home and care for her. Tetsu, however, disappears, not wishing to cause problems for her successful son. Shujiro, in an effort to reach out, decides to accompany her, and the two set out around the vast plains of Hokkaido on a journey into the past. The Journey, however, opens the door to some long-buried memories.