Directed by:
Doris DörrieCinematography:
Hanno LentzComposer:
Claus BantzerCast:
Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki, Maximilian Brückner, Nadja Uhl, Birgit Minichmayr, Felix Eitner, Floriane Daniel, Walter Hess, Sarah Camp (more)Plots(1)
Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. She decides not to tell him and convinces him to visit their family in Berlin. Then, suddenly, Trudi dies. Rudi is devastated but vows to make up for her lost life. And so he embarks on his last journey - to Tokyo - in the midst of the cherry blossom festival, a celebration of beauty, impermanence and new beginnings. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Elmar Wepper
German Empire
Best movies:
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit (2001)
Lommbock (2017)
Hannelore Elsner
German Empire
Best movies:
No Place to Go (2000)
Time You Change (2010)
Der letzte Mentsch (2014)
Aya Irizuki
Best movies:
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Greetings from Fukushima (2016)
Maximilian Brückner
West Germany
Best movies:
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Nadja Uhl
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Four Minutes (2006)
Birgit Minichmayr
Austria
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Felix Eitner
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Margarete Steiff (2005) (TV movie)
Floriane Daniel
West Germany
Best movies:
Winter Sleepers (1997)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Walter Hess
Switzerland
Best movies:
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Shoppen (2006)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Sarah Camp
Germany
Best movies:
Bandits (1997)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Gerhard Wittmann
West Germany
Best movies:
This Crazy Heart (2017)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Evelyne Macko
Best movies:
Nathalie... (2003)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Les Aristos (2006)
Veith von Fürstenberg
Germany
Best movies:
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Gerd Lohmeyer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Nasty Girl (1990)
Starke Zeiten (1988)
Lea (1996)
Tadashi Endo
Best movies:
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Ein Banker zum Verlieben (2003) (TV movie)