In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki’s students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some hope, he makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. Consumed by sadness over the fate of his students, Masaaki devotes the next 30 years of his life to develop a new species of cherry blossoms that could thrive in any climate in remembrance of his students.
Takashi Sasano
Koji Matoba
Maki Miyamoto
Taisei Miyamoto
Yûya Takayama
Ryushi Mizukami
Su-yeon Gu
Daisuke Nagakura
Hikaru Makishima
Sôtarô Mori
Sakura Kimura
Kôtarô Kano
Kontakinte
Akira Tanaka
Mayuko
Kyoko Hayami
Shinya Ono
Gen Idemitsu
Naomi Hase
Hironobu Nomura
Shôta Sasano
Maiko Kawakami
Masahiko Tsugawa
Yuki Kazamatsuri