The Tree In Sunlight (2012)

Cast

Ichihara Hayato, Narimiya Hiroki, Kurokawa Mei, Otsuka Shinobu, Fueki Yuko, Otsuka Chihiro, Tsugawa Masahiko, Nishioka Tokuma

Length

12 episodes

How it feels

In 1855 Japan, a serious young samurai named Manjiro struggles to fit in with his fellow swordsmen and secretly loves a woman. A womanizing Western doctor named Ryoan saves Manjiro after a duel and also pursues the same woman. The two men clash over love and honor in a changing world.

tensehistoricalslow-burnmelancholiccharacter-drivenrestrainedearnestsomberintrospective

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