Hana (film)

Hana (Hana yori mo Naho - 花よりもなほ)
Directed by	Hirokazu Koreeda
Produced by	Nozomu Enoki, Shiho Sato
Written by	Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring	Junichi Okada Rie Miyazawa
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date(s)	June 3, 2006
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Hana - the Tale of a Reluctant Samurai, known in Japan as Hana yori mo Naho (花よりもなほ), is a 2006 Japanese black comedy by director Hirokazu Koreeda.

Story

The story takes place in the year 1702. It concerns a young samurai, Sozaemon, who has come from Matsumoto to Edo to take his revenge against his father's killer and restore honor to his family's name. However, things take a negative toll on him and his family, and Soza must decide: to kill, or not kill? Making up the backdrop of the film are the other characters in the slum. The children, the landlord, the group putting on a play, and a small group of samurai, members of The 47 Ronin, who are hiding out before the attack of Kira Yoshinaka's mansion.

Cast

• Junichi Okada
• Rie Miyazawa
• Tadanobu Asano
• Arata Furuta
• Terajima Susumu
• Teruyuki Kagawa
• Jun Kunimura
• Seiji Chihara

External links

• Hana (Hana yorimo Naho - 花よりもなほ) at the Internet Movie Database