Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
2008 · 99 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 121 VOTES · DIR. Tetsuo Shinohara
Overview
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Dialogue Timeline — 592 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:21 You're early
00:05:37 Where are you heading?
00:08:44 Do you remember Tezuka-sama?
00:11:13 Well then
00:12:51 For a girl, there would be much to worry about in such a family
00:14:56 If I'm at home, I will hurt your chances at marriage
00:18:48 Yes
00:22:02 Father! Father!
00:24:35 I told you to quit it with that look! Or you can go back home!
00:29:52 to the lady of the house
00:32:54 making himself agricultural administrator of our territory
00:34:54 we will have doomed our country for 100 years!
00:37:35 The village has not recovered from the damage caused by the bad harvest three years ago
00:40:10 Oh, good job!
00:46:19 It is not time for that yet
00:49:43 Sayo
00:59:41 Welcome back
01:02:20 What?
01:08:22 Mother!
01:11:27 I am grateful for this
01:15:04 I surrender
01:18:09 At the administration meeting, we talked about waiting
01:24:35 After that, her health worsened
01:30:53 into the Isomura family, Yaichiro was very upset