Sakura no Sono
| Sakura no Sono | |
Cover of the 1994 bunkoban re-release | |
| 櫻の園 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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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.