Filmmaker Lucy Walker had set out to visit Japan during cherry blossom season in order to capture the Japanese people's fascination with the beautiful yet ephemeral flower. When the country was ravaged on March 11, 2011 by an earthquake and tsunami, Walker contemplated abandoning the project. Thankfully, for all of us, she didn't.

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