Oyama Mirei

Oyama Mirei is a Japanese idol singer active in both Taiwan and Japan. She is a member of AKB48 Team TP, formerly known as TPE48, under Unit Sakura (one of the team's three sub-groups). Mirei has a quarter Taiwanese ancestry; her grandmother is Taiwanese.

Maeda Gin

Gin Maeda is a Japanese actor. He had a regular role in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo films, beginning with the first in the series, as Sakura's husband.

Takano Shiho

Takano Shiho is a Japanese fashion model turned actress. Her first starring role is the title character in Sakura.

Tsushima Keiko

Keiko Tsushima was a Japanese actress, whose real name was Naoko Mori. She was notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai. She also starred in Japanese television series such as Sakura and Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki.

Hishikawa Seiichi

Born in Tokyo in 1969. After a few years career in NYC, he helped establish DRAWING AND MANUAL with other founding members. He has directed short films, photography, TV commercials, dramas and programs such as NHK historical dramas "Komyo ga Tsuji”, “Saka no Ue no Kumo”, "Yae no Sakura”, “MORIBITO:…

Nishi Kanako

Nishi Kanako is a Japanese novelist born in Tehran, Iran, where her father was stationed on an overseas assignment, but returned to Japan at the age of two when the Iranian Revolution occurred. After that, she spent her first to fourth grade of elementary school in Cairo, Egypt, and then grew up in…

Uchida Hiroki

Uchida Hiroki is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist associated with BLUE LABEL (MMJ). He graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University's Department of Film Arts. Influenced by Sakura Momoko's essays during his childhood, Uchida aspired to be a writer and pursued screenwriting in high school. He began…

Lau Hiu Ching

Lau Hiu Ching, also known as Koharu, is a Hong Kongese idol singer based in Taiwan. She is a member of AKB48 Team TP (formerly known as TPE48), of which she is the leader of Unit Sakura (one of the team's three sub-groups). She is also a member of an unofficial four-piece group 'The Pi22as' (a parody…

Hashimoto Hajime

Hajime Hashimoto is a director and writer, known for Shin jingi naki tatakai/Bousatsu (2002), Sakura hime (2013) and Kowareta Heart wo Urimono ni (2015).

Makoto Naoya

Makoto Naoya debuted as an actor in 1971. His first appearance was as a guest performer in the film Gendai Yakuza: Sakura Chi Sankyoudai at the age of 23. In 1971 and 1972, Makoto appeared in the film series Furyou Banchou. Over the next few years, Makoto performed in a variety of small roles. He also…

Welcome to the Quiet Room

7.2

28-year-old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room at a psychiatric hospital, after a drug overdose and alcohol use left her unconscious. Confined due to her suicide risk, she struggles to communicate…

Goodbye

This work is based on Sakura, who lives with her mother in a residential area in the suburbs.

Tora-san 12: Loves an Artist

7.2

Tora-san's younger sister Sakura invites her aunt and uncle to a spa trip in Kyushu right when Tora-san comes back home! During his lonely stay at home, he determines to treat his family nicer when they come back.…

Megami-sama

6.0

An insular countryside town. Sakura Rika gets by with mood stabilizers after dealing with bullying at work and her meddling mother. One day, she resolves to commit suicide after her coworker's scheming gets her fired…

Neko Cafe

6.9

In Akihabara, Sakuragi Sakura runs cat cafe "Mocha." She listens to her customers’ troubles there. The various customers that enter her cafe also take comfort in the cats that reside there. (Source: AsianWiki)

A.D. Girl: Things She Must Do Tomorrow

7.0

A.D. (assistant director) Michiru Sakura works at a TV network hoping to become a director some day. She has to endure the strange and eccentric oddballs involved in the making of television shows. Her boss Teruko…

Minna Suitouto

8.0

Using their own names in the film, Araki Sakura, Sakai Asaka, and Oba Ayaka play LinQ members who feel uncertain about being an idol. While they're mulling over their futures, the teenage schoolgirls are suddenly informed…

Tora-san 2: Cherished Mother

7.7

Tora-san returns home because his sisters, Sakura, has given birth to a son. He reunions with professor Tsubouchi who taught him English when he was a student, but it is actually Natsuko, the beautiful daughter of…

Kaseifu no Mitazono Season 7

7.7

In the 7th season the Musubi Housekeeping Agency welcomes a new housekeeper: Daimon Sakura. Raised in a family of investigators—her father is a detective and her mother works at the Forensic Science Research Institute—she…