The Lightning Tree (2010)
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.
Director:
Ryuichi Hiroki
Writers:
Sachiko Tanaka, Masato Katō.
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Yu Aoi as Rai / Yu |
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Masaki Okada as Narimichi |
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Keisuke Koide as Sukejiro Seta |
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Akira Emoto as Kakunoshi Enokido |
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Saburo Tokito as Riemon |
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Yoshiko Miyazaki as Tae |
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Soko Wada as Suketarou Seta |
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Kengo Kora as Tomozou |
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Jun Murakami as Rokurouhutoshi Ikanai |
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Shugo Oshinari as Tetsunosuke Imaizumi |
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Ryuya Wakaba as Hideosuke Sakakibara |
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Tasuku Emoto as Shigezi |
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Ren Osugi as Sennokai Takayama |
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Bandō Mitsugorō X as Ienari Tokugaa |
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Bengal as Monnosuke Hayasaka |
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Shinnosuke Ikehata as Bunnosusumu Tadokoro |
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Risa Sudou as Ohatsu |
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Hiroshi Yamamoto as |
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Takumi Bando as Saburota |
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Takao Handa as |
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Shoki Matsui as |
| Directing | Ryuichi Hiroki | Director |
| Camera | Atsuhiro Nabeshima | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
| Editing | Jun'ichi Kikuchi | Editor |
| Sound | Ohashi Trio | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Meichô Tomiyama | Gaffer |
| Sound | Akira Fukada | Sound |
| Writing | Mari Ueza | Novel |
| Visual Effects | Hashimoto Mitsuaki | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Sachiko Tanaka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masato Katō | Screenplay |
| Production | Kenzo Ishiguro | Associate Producer |
| Production | Kasumi Yao | Associate Producer |
| Production | Takashi Hirano | Producer |
| Production | Arimasa Okada | Co-Producer |
| Production | Satoshi Fukushima | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Kagenobu Kuwahata | Music Producer |
| Sound | Akira Fukada | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Design |
| Production | Osamu Kubota | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Akiko Ikuno | Associate Producer |
