Hana

Hana

127 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action, History | June 3, 2006

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.

Hana

127 mins | Drama, Comedy, Action, History | June 3, 2006

Hana
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Company, TV Man Union, Kyoto Eiga-sha, Shochiku Kyoto Studio
Original title 花よりもなほ
Directors Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writers Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast

Junichi Okada

as Aoki Sōzaemon

Rie Miyazawa

as Osae

Arata Furuta

as Sadashiro

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Hirano Jirozaemon

Tomoko Tabata

as Onobu

Ryûhei Ueshima

as Otokichi

Yuichi Kimura

as Magosaburo

Ryo Kase

as Sodekichi

Seiji Chihara

as Tomekichi

Sei Hiraizumi

as Zenzo

Moeko Ezawa

as Okatsu

Yui Natsukawa

as Oryo

Jun Kunimura

as Isekan

Katsuo Nakamura

as Shigehachi

Renji Ishibashi

as Aoki Shozaburo

Susumu Terajima

as Kichiemon Terasaka

Shohei Tanaka

as Shinnosuke

Ryo Katsuji

as Soemon Aoki

Tadanobu Asano

as Jubei Kanazawa

Yoshio Harada

as Junai Onodera