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The Lightning Tree

The Lightning Tree

2010•2h 13m•6.7/10
HistoryDramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.7/10(6)

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.

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Production

TOHO, IMJ Entertainment, Tokyo FM, Chugoku Broadcasting, RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, Shizuoka Broadcasting System, Tohoku Broadcasting, Hokkaido Broadcasting, Yahoo! Japan, KADOKAWA Shoten, Nippan Group Holdings, The Asahi Shimbun, TBS Radio, WOWOW, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation, TC Entertainment, CBC, MBS, dentsu, TBS, BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF NIIGATA

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Rai / Yu

Masaki Okada

Masaki Okada

Narimichi

Keisuke Koide

Keisuke Koide

Sukejiro Seta

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Kakunoshi Enokido

Saburo Tokito

Saburo Tokito

Riemon

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Tae

Soko Wada

Soko Wada

Suketarou Seta

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Tomozou

Jun Murakami

Jun Murakami

Rokurouhutoshi Ikanai

Shugo Oshinari

Shugo Oshinari

Tetsunosuke Imaizumi

Ryuya Wakaba

Ryuya Wakaba

Hideosuke Sakakibara

Tasuku Emoto

Tasuku Emoto

Shigezi

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Sennokai Takayama

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Bandō Mitsugorō X

Ienari Tokugaa

Bengal

Bengal

Monnosuke Hayasaka

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Bunnosusumu Tadokoro

Risa Sudou

Risa Sudou

Ohatsu

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Takumi Bando

Saburota

Takao Handa

Takao Handa

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