The Lightning Tree

2010

Japanese

5.8

♡ 2

Action

based on novel or book

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Rai / Yu

Sôkô Wada as Suketarou Seta

Kengo Kôra as Tomozou

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.