
The Lightning Tree
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.
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Top Cast

Yu Aoi
Rai / Yu

Masaki Okada
Narimichi

Keisuke Koide
Sukejiro Seta

Akira Emoto
Kakunoshi Enokido

Saburo Tokito
Riemon

Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tae

Soko Wada
Suketarou Seta

Kengo Kora
Tomozou

Jun Murakami
Rokurouhutoshi Ikanai

Shugo Oshinari
Tetsunosuke Imaizumi

Ryuya Wakaba
Hideosuke Sakakibara

Tasuku Emoto
Shigezi

Ren Osugi
Sennokai Takayama

Bandō Mitsugorō X
Ienari Tokugaa

Bengal
Monnosuke Hayasaka

Shinnosuke Ikehata
Bunnosusumu Tadokoro

Risa Sudou
Ohatsu

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Takumi Bando
Saburota

Takao Handa
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