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ERA
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Released last year.
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Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025 1h 57m JA
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9.5
MASTERPIECE
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9.5TMDB Β· 6
Drama
Synopsis
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A touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to spreading the smallpox vaccination for saving people's lives.
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Cast
Tori Matsuzaka
Kyoko Yoshine
Koji Yakusho
Takahiro Miura
Shohei Uno
Issei Okihara
Ryota Bando
Yu Hayashi
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Takashi Koizumi
- Writers
- Akira Yoshimura, Takashi Koizumi, ι½θ€ιδ»
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts πΏ
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Takashi Kako. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Hideto Aga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Tori Matsuzaka and Kyoko Yoshine and Koji Yakusho carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt33536550 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 6 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Takashi Koizumi directs. Takashi Kako scores. Hideto Aga cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released last year.
- 2Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Original score by Takashi Kako. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Hideto Aga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Tori Matsuzaka and Kyoko Yoshine and Koji Yakusho carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt33536550 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 6 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 10 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "based on novel or book", "doctor", "epidemic".
The technical file
- Original score
- Takashi Kako
- Editing
- Hideto Aga
- Production design
- Tadashi Sakai
- Runtime
- 117 min Β· 1h 57m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Takashi Koizumi
Production companies
Who made it
Kinoshita Group
JP
Shochiku
JP
The Asahi Shimbun
JP
- DI
DIG & FELLOWS
JP
Shochiku Studio
JP
Key crew
- Original StoryAkira Yoshimura
- EditorHideto Aga
- Sound RecordistMasato Yano
- Executive ProducerNaoya Kinoshita
- Sound EffectsKenji Shibasaki
- Associate ProducerYukiko Tanigawa
- ProducerShingo Sekine
- ProducerTomoo Ito
- Line ProducerMasako Tanabe
- DecoratorKazumi Osaka
- Production ManagerSATO Tatsuharu
- GafferHideaki Yamakawa
- Production DesignTadashi Sakai
- Music ProducerMami Takaishi
- Executive ProducerYumiko Takebe
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- doctor
- epidemic
- jidaigeki
- smallpox
- edo period
- historical drama
- perseverance
- medical pioneer
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere2024-11-02Β· Tokyo International Film Festival
- Theatrical2025-01-24
