The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom - Trailer - ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATED- Documentary Short Subject

2012 ACADEMY AWARD® Nominated - Documentary (Short Subject)
2012 Sundance Film Festival - Winner - Jury Prize, Short Film Non-Fiction
2012 Environmental Film Festival - Polly Krakora Award
2011 Toronto Film Festival
2011 BFI London Film Festival
2011 Hamptons Film Festival

Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan's recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins.

A stunning visual poem about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower.

Directed by Academy Award Nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker (Waste Land), featuring photography by Aaron Phillips and music by Moby.

http://www.thetsunamiandthecherryblos...

• Category

  Film & Animation

[syaoran2sakura]

I still cry when I see the images. I'm glad it's nominated so the people lost are never forgotten...

[soluv12]

Japan please be save. Ignore all those m*ther f*ckers who don't like your country, they're just losers. Japan is a great country, great people, great culture full of inspirations <3

[SuperOmnicron]

Feel good film, but lost in that was the radiation that escaped from Fukushima's plant...this overshadowed a more menacing after effect with incalcuable repercussions.

[jon4de]

To the people of Japan your in my prayers. Stay strong you will get through this nightmare.

[cyninbend]

calko, emergency responders mark buildings with codes re: people found inside, particularly deceased.

[cyninbend]

me too, sarah!

[sarath vibhakar]

i want to born as a japanese in nxt life love u japan

[Sirelde]

I guess it's used to mark a place that has been already searched for victims, or that the house is at risk of collapse.

[calko56]

OK I am not being disrespectful, but why is there a slender symbol on the house 2:20...

[KaNeaTieS]

i'm from Singapore and i'm planning a trip to Japan next year perhaps around March to May. i wish to go Japan to see the fall of Sakura Blossom at it's most beautiful moment, the moment that spells life in it, that touches one's heart. can anyone knowledgeable please guide me where what would be the most suitable time and place?