• Director(s):

    WATANABE (KENICHI)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, KAMI PRODUCTIONS, ENTRACTE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2005

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD, INTERNET

Each spring time, in April, the Japanese pay the flowering cherry tree a visit. Its flower symbolizes beauty and the impermanency of things.

The TV weather forecasts have been describing the progress of these buds coming into flower every day since 1955: flowers whose buds are closed, half-open or completely open. Crowds of people out for a walk look for the slightest signs of trees coming into flower. In Tokyo, among friends or within the family, one meets under these sacred trees to sing, dance and eat...

Artistic Prize of the 20th International Film Festival "Nature and Environment" (Grenoble, France).