Sakura no Sono | |
櫻の園 | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Akimi Yoshida |
Published by | Hakusensha |
Magazine | LaLa |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 1985 – 1986 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Shun Nakahara |
Studio | Nikkatsu Studio |
Released | November 3, 1990 |
Live-action film | |
Released | November 2008 |
Theatre series | |
Three stage productions have been adapted: one in 1994, one in 2007, and one in 2009. |
Sakura no Sono (櫻の園, "Cherry Blossom Garden") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized from 1985 to 1986 in Hakusensha's manga magazine LaLa. The story focuses on individuals from a drama club that are putting on Anton Chekhov's 1904 play The Cherry Orchard.
The manga was adapted into a film in 1990 by Shun Nakahara, and a remake was released in November 2008. Theatrical stage productions debuted at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in 1994 and at the Aoyama Round Theatre in 2007 and 2009.