Film · 2025

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

Name: Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
Director: Takashi Koizumi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2025-01-24

117 min · Directed by Takashi Koizumi

Drama

9.56
ratings

A touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to spreading the smallpox vaccination for saving people's lives.

Cast

Tori Matsuzaka

Kyoko Yoshine

Koji Yakusho

Takahiro Miura

Shohei Uno

I

Issei Okihara

Ryota Bando

Yu Hayashi

Crew

Director: Takashi Koizumi
Producer: Naoya Kinoshita, Shingo Sekine, Tomoo Ito, Yumiko Takebe
Writer: Takashi Koizumi, 齋藤雄仁
Editor: Hideto Aga
Production Design: Tadashi Sakai
Composer: Takashi Kako

Details

Studios: Kinoshita Group, Shochiku, The Asahi Shimbun
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: January 24, 2025

Themes

husband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookdoctorepidemicjidaigekismallpoxedo periodhistorical dramaperseverancemedical pioneer

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