The Lightning Tree
雷桜
Release: 2010-10-22
·Runtime: 133m
·★ 6.4
History
Drama
Romance
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
IMJ Entertainment
Tokyo FM
Chugoku Broadcasting
RSK Sanyo Broadcasting
Shizuoka Broadcasting System
Tohoku Broadcasting
Hokkaido Broadcasting
Yahoo! Japan
KADOKAWA Shoten
Nippan Group Holdings
The Asahi Shimbun
TBS Radio
WOWOW
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
TC Entertainment
CBC
MBS
dentsu
TBS
BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF NIIGATA
Cast
Masaki Okada
as Narimichi
Keisuke Koide
as Sukejiro Seta
Bandō Mitsugorō X
as Ienari Tokugaa
Shinnosuke Ikehata
as Bunnosusumu Tadokoro
Shoki Matsui
Yu Aoi
as Rai / Yu
Soko Wada
as Suketarou Seta
Ryuya Wakaba
as Hideosuke Sakakibara
Ren Osugi
as Sennokai Takayama
Risa Sudou
as Ohatsu
Takao Handa
Akira Emoto
as Kakunoshi Enokido
Kengo Kora
as Tomozou
Shugo Oshinari
as Tetsunosuke Imaizumi
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Saburo Tokito
as Riemon
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Tae
Jun Murakami
as Rokurouhutoshi Ikanai
Tasuku Emoto
as Shigezi
Bengal
as Monnosuke Hayasaka
