Kirschblüten - Hanami

Kirschblüten - Hanami

  • Director: Doris Dörrie
  • Countries of origin: Germany
  • Language: German, English, Japanese
  • Release date: March 6, 2008
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Cherry Blossoms
  • "Tokyo Kirschblüten-Hanami" is a feature film directed by Doris Dörrie , starring Elmar Wepper , Hannah Lori Elsner, Aya Irizuki, Maximilian Bruckner, and Naga Ul. It was released in 2008. .
    The film tells about Rudy and Du Li, an old couple who are in love with each other. Suddenly, Du Li learns that Rudy has cancer and has no hope of treatment, so she secretly concealed the truth and persuaded him to return to Berlin together to complete his long history. The story of your wish.

    Details

    • Release date March 6, 2008
    • Filming locations Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies Olga Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), ARD Degeto Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $104,589

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $3,322

    Gross worldwide

    $12,861,658

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    • By Ransom 2022-04-24 07:01:23

      Until the twilight drum beats - "When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom"

      Cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and more than just cherry blossoms. When the old husband stood on the bustling and crowded streets of Japan, when he said sadly to his son: "I don't know where she went, when he often tied a checkered handkerchief to the roadside guardrail, when he was wearing his wife's handkerchief." Her clothes open her arms to the cherry blossoms, and on the petals of the blossoming and falling cherry blossoms, they carry more than the emotion of flowers... In a...

    • By Mohamed 2022-04-24 07:01:23

      when the cherry blossoms are in bloom

      "Take every day as the last day of your life, and live every day seriously..." The
      old man's words kept lingering in my mind. When watching this movie, I always had a special emotion, and I had to It is said that this is a very beautiful film, which combines the real and the emotional just right. For life, love is so powerful, like the dance of a geisha, like a struggle and resistance, but also a kind of persistence.
      I think that the old man is lonely, and even feels sad for him. The...

    • By Guillermo 2022-04-24 07:01:23

      I love you more than I imagined.

      In this world, one can judge many things, except death.
      Knowing that her destiny was up, Du Li remained silent, and she still treated Rudy like a guest. She never stopped thinking of going to Tokyo to learn dance.
      No one told Rudy, he didn't know anything, he commuted to get off work on time as usual, his life was tepid, and he had no ardent dreams in his heart. After all, he doesn't know his wife, nor his children.
      Reminds me of "Love Story" where Jenny said to Olivier "love...

    • By Kacey 2022-04-24 07:01:23

      old couple

      She invited him to dance with the moon as the shadow and the sea as the sound. I thought that before the flowers bloom and the moon is half full, there is still a long life to spend together. Who would have guessed that when this song ends, I have spent all my life's love, leaving a lonely world that belongs to a widower. In this huge world, he can only walk alone with a box full of memories belonging to his wife.
          If she had a choice, she would definitely sing as in "After Home": "If...

    • By Hester 2022-04-24 07:01:23

      We are each other, till the bell rings in our old age

      The unpretentious interpretation is quiet, delicate, gentle and moving. Originally thought that the male protagonist at the end of his illness would leave first, but the heroine who concealed the truth left quietly with dreams and expectations, and regretted it. Seeing the world with a deceased lover is the saddest thing. Sadness is nothing but missing. The moment when Rudy danced and the scene of leaving money on the girl moved me deeply. The bravest person in life is this girl....

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    • By Curtis 2023-09-30 23:16:09

      I thought this would be a story about "the child wants to be raised but the parent doesn't", but it's not. I think it's hard to explain what it's trying to tell us, maybe everyone gets it differently. I saw life, and what did you...

    • By Micaela 2023-09-20 22:37:24

      It is rare to see foreigners paying attention to oriental culture films, which are relatively new. In the end, the scene where the old man died dancing dancing by the lake was simply beautiful. ....

    • By Wilfred 2023-09-13 03:14:07

      The gentle female perspective is admirable, but some of the scenes are too sensational and lack a calmness. In addition, there are many flaws in the plot, and it feels a bit like a tribute for the sake of tribute. Western-style Ozu = the most popular healing system...

    • By Alysha 2023-09-10 12:44:08

      I cried. I'm starting to fear my old age is coming. He was not born in the love of his mother like in the beginning, but died completely...

    • By Mabelle 2023-08-31 01:38:56

      I can't believe that this is a movie made by a German director. It is obvious that the director was deeply influenced by Ozu's Tokyo Story, especially in the first half of the film until the sudden death of the old lady, he was simply copying Tokyo Story, and even some of the lines were exactly the same. Fortunately, the subsequent trip to Tokyo brought the film into a new realm, examining the proposition of life and death from an oriental...

    Movie plot

    For his beloved deceased wife, he is determined to go to Tokyo’s Sakura Village alone,
    To fulfill an unfulfilled dream for his wife...
    Rudy ( Elmar Wepper ) and Du Li are a loving couple. They are content with their lives and live a quiet life in the German countryside.
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    About the movie

    "Tokyo Kirschblüten-Hanami" is the pinnacle of German female director Doris Dörrie (Doris Dorrie)'s "Japanese Trilogy" . Doris Dörrie, who is deeply influenced by Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu , is based on Ozu's " Tokyo Story " (Tokyo Story) Part of the minor episodes bloomed into a moving story of a widowed father travelling from Germany to Tokyo to fulfill his wife's wish.
    The film...
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    About the actors

    "Tokyo Kirschblüten-Hanami" is Elmar Wepper's successor to ""After that, the second film with Doris Dörrie . He plays a Cancer in the film and suffers from Rudy, a widowed husband in his later years. The longing for his wife took him to Japan, which is full of exotic cultures. There, Rudy re-acquainted his wife with a completely different point of view, and he was more able to appreciate the country that his wife has longed for for...
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    About the director

    Doris Dörrie (Doris Dorrie) is one of the few German female directors who have been creating for more than 20 years, and is also a talented artist. Her movies, such as: "Am I Beautiful?", " Nackt " (Naked), ""(The Fisherman And His Wife), etc., not only won the support of the audience at the box office, but also highly praised by film critics and public opinion, and won the affirmation of international film festival awards one after...
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    Movie quotes

    • Karolin Angermeier: Your cue, mama.

      Klaus Angermeier: Go on, mama.

      Karolin Angermeier: Mama, please, 'The Mayfly'. Come one, mama. For us.

      Trudi Angermeier: 'Stop! What you're doing is murder!'

      Klaus Angermeier: 'Such cruelty is not a must... '

      Trudi Angermeier: 'The Mayfly has but one short day... '

      Karolin Angermeier: 'One single day of pain, one single day of lust... '

      [chuckles]

      Rudi Angermeier: 'Oh, let it hover there, until it meets it's end. It's heavens last forever. It's life one day to make amends.' Right, mama?