Part of the 2025 season: Am I Right?
Sakura
Kuchinai sakura, 朽ちないサクラ
Director HARA Hiroto
Cast SUGISAKI Hana, YASUDA Ken, HAGIWARA Riku, TOYOHARA Kosuke
2024, 119 min, English subtitles
A woman in Aichi Prefecture is found dead after reporting to the police that she was being stalked, and a local newspaper releases a scandalous story: the officers who were assigned to her case had been ignoring her requests for help while they went on holiday instead. Police PR employee MORIGUCHI Izumi (SUGISAKI Hana) suspects that she may have accidentally provided the press with the story by drunkenly spilling information to a reporter, her best friend TSUMURA Chika (MORITA Kokoro). Chika vehemently denies it. Then a week later, she’s found dead too.
Consumed with guilt, Izumi vows to find the killer. But there is rot lurking within the police force, and in her search for justice Izumi must step up and dive deep into the organisation, unravelling secrets that will take her even to the doors of the highest authorities in Japan’s national intelligence agency.
Director HARA Hiroto pulls back the veil on the inner machinations of the Japanese police force and intelligence agency in this suspenseful and absorbing mystery-thriller.
©2024 SAKURA Film Partners
Screening dates
Below you will find screening details at various cinemas nationwide.
More screenings will be added as they are confirmed so keep checking back!
Screenings to be added: Frankopan Hall, Jesus College (Cambridge)
- Queen's Film Theatre Saturday 8 February
- QUAD Saturday 8 February, 20:30
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Wednesday 12 February, 20:30
- Warwick Arts Centre Monday 24 February, 17:00
- Warwick Arts Centre Wednesday 26 February, 19:30
- Hyde Park Picture House Sunday 9 March
All films in this season
- All the Long Nights
- Qualia
- A Samurai in Time
- To Mom, With Love
- Hope
- Sakura
- Tea Friends
- The Inugami Family
- 99% Cloudy… Always
- Day and Night
- Let's Go Karaoke!
- Ichiko
- Stay Mum
- Bushido
- What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?
- The Scoop
- Penalty Loop
- Ghost Cat Anzu
- We Make Antiques!
- Carmen Comes Home
- A Girl Named Ann
- In the Wake
- (Ab)normal Desire
- The Moon
- Rude to Love
- Broken Commandment