Hana

Hana

2006•2h 7m•6.7/10

ActionDramaHistoryComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(63)

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.

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Production

Shochiku, Tokyo FM, Bandai Visual, TV Man Union, Shochiku Studio

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Junichi Okada

Junichi Okada

Sozaemon Aoki

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Osae

Arata Furuta

Arata Furuta

Sadashiro

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Jirozaemon Hirano

Tomoko Tabata

Tomoko Tabata

Onobu

Ryûhei Ueshima

Ryûhei Ueshima

Otokichi

Yuichi Kimura

Yuichi Kimura

Magosaburo

Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Sodekichi

Seiji Chihara

Seiji Chihara

Tomekichi

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Zenzo

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Omasaru

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Oryo

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Isekan

Katsuo Nakamura

Shigehachi

Shohei Tanaka

Shohei Tanaka

Shinnosuke

Ohga Tanaka

Yoshibo

Hiei Kimura

Hiei Kimura

Kenbo

Midori Hiro

Midori Hiro

Ume

Natsumi Iuchi

Yuki

Satoko Yamamura

Grandmother

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