Sakura-tai Chiru (1988)
1h 53m
Running Time
April 1, 1988Release Date
Plot.
A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.
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Cast & Crew.
Shôji Furuta
Actor
Takako Miki
Actress
Yasuko Yagami
Actress
Jun Hamamura
Actor
Kaneto Shindō
Director
Kiyoshi Mizokami
Producer
Hikaru Hayashi
Composer
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Cinematographer
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Sakura-tai Chiru (さくら隊散る, lit. "The cherry blossom team scattered") is a 1988 Japanese documentary film and docudrama written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. 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.