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Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008) -- A romantic drama about a recent widower who learns of his departed wife's desire to live in Japan soon after her death.
Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008) -- After the death of his wife, a man goes to Japan to live out his wife's dream.

Overview

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7.7/10   838 votes
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Réalisateur:
Doris Dörrie
Scénariste:
Doris Dörrie (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 mars 2008 (Germany) suite
Genre:
Drame | Romance suite
Plot:
When Trudi learns that her husband Rudi is dangerously ill, she suggests visiting their children in Berlin without telling him the truth... suite | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
6 wins & 7 nominations suite
Avis des utilisateurs:
Tokyo Story suite

Ensemble

  (in credits order)
Elmar Wepper ... Rudi Angermeier
Hannelore Elsner ... Trudi Angermeier
Aya Irizuki ... Yu
Maximilian Brückner ... Karl Angermeier
Nadja Uhl ... Franzi
Birgit Minichmayr ... Karolin Angermeier
Felix Eitner ... Klaus Angermeier

Floriane Daniel ... Emma Angermeier
Celine Tanneberger ... Celine Angermeier
Robert Döhlert ... Robert Angermeier
Tadashi Endo ... Butoh Dancer
Sarah Camp ... Butcher
Gerhard Wittmann ... Doctor #1
Veith von Fürstenberg ... Doctor #2
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Réalisé par
Doris Dörrie 
 
Scénaristes
Doris Dörrie (screenplay)

Produit par
David Groenewold .... executive producer
Harald Kügler .... producer
Molly von Fürstenberg .... producer
Patrick Zorer .... associate producer
Patrick Zorer .... executive producer
Patrick Zorer .... line producer
 
Musique originale
Claus Bantzer 
 
Image
Hanno Lentz 
 
Montage
Frank C. Müller 
Inez Regnier 
 
Distribution des rôles
Nessie Nesslauer 
 
Création des décors
Bele Schneider 
 
Création des costumes
Sabine Greuning 
 
Maquillage
Evelyn Döhring .... makeup artist
 
Directeur de production
Olaf Schmidt .... production manager
 
Assistant réalisateur
Ruth Stadler .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Stefan Balzer .... property master
 
Technicien du son
Christof Ebhardt .... sound designer
Gregory Fernandez .... boom operator
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard .... foley editor
Monika Gussner .... adr editor
Magda Habernickel .... sound editor
Jose A. Manovel .... sound re-recording mixer
Marc Parisotto .... production sound mixer
 
Visual Effects
David Laubsch .... digital compositor
Stefan Tischner .... digital compositor
Tobias Wiesner .... digital compositor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Beitz .... gaffer
Kerstin Stelter .... still photographer
Jitsu Toyoda .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Jana Krohn .... assistant editor
Bettina Reitz .... commissioning editor
Hubert von Spreti .... commissioning editor
 
Transportation Department
Antonia Eigner .... production driver: Allgäu and Munich
Wolfgang Rudolf Schön .... production driver: pre-production Munich and Allgäu
 
Divers
Tadashi Endo .... choreographer
 

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Additional Details

Autre(s) titre(s):
Cherry Blossoms (International: English title)
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami (Europe: English title) (festival title)
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Durée:
Argentina:127 min | Germany:127 min
Couleur:
Couleur
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 suite
Emplacements De Pelliculage:
Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany suite

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3 out of 47 people found the following comment useful:-
Tokyo Story, 15 July 2008
3/10
Author: kosmasp

I'm not referring to a location of the movie, but I'm talking about a movie that is more than an influence on this one. It tries so hard to achieve what was so seamless and flawless over 50 years ago in a movie called "Tokyo Story" (international title).

But let me focus on the faults of this one, since I did review Tokyo Story before (I even watched this). I can see that some people might find it touching and cry. But the same can be said about almost any other soap opera shown on TV. If you let yourself into that world you're bound to cry.

But the ideology shown here, the overblown symbolic signs/pictures are more or less ridiculed by the way, they are either filmed or portrayed. You can't feel anything for characters who are an open void, while trying to project something completely different. The only saving graces are some social commentary and even those don't work as good as they could (family portrayed), giving us hints, but never fully exploring the threads and leaving us hanging and waiting for some (re)solution that never comes. And the one that comes at the end is so full of itself (melodrama anyone?), that you can't almost bear it ...

Showing symbols and ideals from Japan ain't enough to convey that one (in this case the director) truly understood those concepts. More like a tourist translation for those who are satisfied with less and only a glance of what really lies beneath! I can only refer again to Tokyo Story, a better watch and a much more compelling and coherent story, that has everything this story/film misses!

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