Sakura-tai Chiru
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- Kaneto Shindō (screenplay)
- Hagie Ezu (story)
- Kiyoshi Mizogami
- Jiro Shindō
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| Directed by | Kaneto Shindō |
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| Narrated by | Nobuko Otowa |
| Cinematography | Yoshiyuki Miyake |
| Edited by | Mitsuo Kondo |
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| Distributed by | Independent Film Center |
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Running time | 110 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Sakura-tai Chiru (さくら隊散る; lit. "The cherry blossom team scattered") is a 1988 Japanese documentary film and docudrama[3] written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.[1][2][4] Based on a nonfictional story by Hagie Ezu, it depicts the fate of the Sakura ("cherry blossom") theatre troupe, several of whose members were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.[5]
In interviews with 30 associates and friends, and in reenactments of the events, director Shindō recounts the history of the Sakura theatre troupe, formed from remnants of left-leaning troupes that had been forced to disband by the militarist regime, and its end in Hiroshima. While five members died instantly, the survivors of the blast, including the troupe's leader Sadao Maruyama and actresses Keiko Sonoi and Midori Naka, died during the following weeks from their injuries. Only two members, who weren't present in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, survived.
Cast
Interviewees
- Koreya Senda
- Yasue Yamamoto
- Kappei Matsumoto
- Haruko Sugimura
- Seiji Ikeda
- Osamu Takizawa
- Jūkichi Uno
- Kokichi Makimura
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Hagie Ezu
- Eitarō Ozawa
Reenactment actors
- Masashi Furuta as Sadao Maruyama
- Takako Miki as Keiko Sonoi
- Yasuko Yagami as Midori Naka
- Satoshi Kawashima as Shozo Takayama
- Oikawa Izo as Kokichi Makimura
Theme
Shindō, who was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, repeatedly attempted to memorialise the bombing of his birthplace and its aftermath in films like Children of Hiroshima (1952), Mother (1963), Sakura-tai Chiru and Teacher and Three Children (2008).[6][7]