Sakura Wars: The Movie (サクラ大戦 活動写真, Sakura Taisen Katsudō Shashin?) is a 2001 Japanese animated film adaptation of the Sakura Wars series directed and co-written by Mitsuru Hongō.

The film takes place between the onset of Sakura Wars 3 and Sakura Wars 4. Lachette Altair is dispatched to the Imperial Capital Tokyo from New York to work for the Imperial Assault Force's Flower division while division captain Ichirō Ōgami is in Paris. Meanwhile, Douglas-Stewart, an American company led by the sinister president Brent Furlong, unveils a plan to make the division obsolete. When commander Ikki Yoneda is captured and the entire division is ordered on indefinite standby, the fate between the Flower Division, Douglas-Stewart and Tokyo is at stake.

The film was released in Japanese theaters on December 22, 2001 along with Slayers Premium, Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie and DiGi Charat. It was licensed in the United States by Pioneer Animation (now Geneon Entertainment).

Source: Wikipedia