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Hana yori mo nao
Title
Hana yori mo nao / Shochiku ; purodyūsā, Satō Shiho, Enoki Nozomu ; gen'an, kyakuhon, kantoku, Koreeda Hirokazu.
花よりもなほ / Shochiku ; プロデューサー, 佐藤志保, 榎望 ; 原案, 脚本, 監督, 是枝裕和.
ISBN
1421012464
9781421012469
Distribution
[Tex.] : FUNimation, [2008]
Copyright Notice Date
©2005
Physical Description
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
A foreign film (Japan).
Special features: Opening day stage greeting; original trailers; Funimation trailers.
Cinematography, Yamazaki Yutaka ; music, Taburatūra ; art, Isomi Toshihiro, Baba Masao.
Cinematography, 山崎裕 ; music, タブラトゥーラ ; art, 磯見俊裕, 馬場正男.
In Japanese and English; with optional subtitles in English; credits in Japanese; credits on container in English.
Summary
Director Hirokazu Koreeda turns the popularly held conventions of the typical samurai revenge tale on their head with this story of a man whose quest to avenge the death of his father gradually takes a back seat to his emerging role as a key figure in the community. The year is 1702, and young samurai Sozaemon Aoki (Junichi Okada) has arrived in Edo to seek revenge against Jubei Kanazawa (Tadanobu Asano). Kanazawa is the man responsible for the death of Aoki's father, and now it's up to the grieving swordsman to settle the score. When Aoki begins teaching the children of Edo to read and write, however, his bloodlust slowly begins to subside as he comes to realize the true value of his useful place in society. Upon falling in love with the beautiful Osae (Rie Miyazawa), Aoki comes to realize that although the sword may be a powerful symbol of strength, allowing oneself to fall victim to its savage allure may not always be the best way to realize one's true heroism.
Variant and related titles
Title on container: Hana : tale of a reluctant samurai
Tale of a reluctant samurai
Hana
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese; English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2018
Credits
Cinematography, Yamazaki Yutaka ; music, Taburatūra ; art, Isomi Toshihiro, Baba Masao.
Cinematography, 山崎裕 ; music, タブラトゥーラ ; art, 磯見俊裕, 馬場正男.
Cast
Okada Jun'ichi, Miyazawa Rie, Furuta Arata, Kagawa Teruyuki, Asano Tadanobu, Harada Yoshio, Terajima Susumu, Chihara Seiji, Ueshima Ryuhei.
岡田准一, 宮沢りえ, 古田新太, 香川照之, 浅野忠信, 原田芳雄.
System details note
DVD, region 1, aspect ratio 16:9; dolby digital 5.1 surround; NTSC.
Audience
Rated TV PG.
Videorecording number
FN-09610 FUNimation / Shochiku
Subjects
Genre/Form
Samurai films.
Samurai films - Japan.
Historical films.
Historical films - Japan.
Feature films.
Feature films - Japan.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures - Japan.
Japanese language films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
History.
Samurai films.
Samurai films - Japan.
Historical films - Japan.
Feature films - Japan.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures - Japan.
Japanese language films.
Also listed under
榎望, film producer.
佐藤志保, film producer.
是枝裕和, 1962- film director, screenwriter, editor moving image work.
岡田准一, 1980- actor.
宮沢りえ, 1973- actor.
古田新太, 1965- actor.
香川照之, 1965- actor.
浅野忠信, actor.
原田芳雄, 1940- actor.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, production company.
松竹株式会社, production company.
FUNimation Entertainment (Firm), production company, film distributor.
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