The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai
- Original title
- Hana yori mo naho (Hana)
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 122 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Junichi Okada
- Rie Miyazawa
- Tadanobu Asano
- Arata Furuta
- Teruyuki Kagawa
- Jun Kunimura
- Katsuo Nakamura
- Yoshio Harada
- Tomoko Tabata
- Yui Natsukawa
- Renji Ishibashi
- Yuichi Kimura
- Seiji Chihara
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | Feudal Japan. 18th Century. Samurai. Stage Play
- Synopsis
- Set in 1702, Hana yori mo naho looks back a full three centuries to a time when samurai clans offered monetary rewards to the samurais who succeeded in taking on a revenge act. The central character is a young samurai, Sozaemon Aoki, who has come to Edo (now Tokyo) to avenge his late father. Although he searches the city for his father's enemy, he is hopeless with swordplay and reluctant to pursue his mission. Living in an Edo tenement, poverty-stricken but rich in human relationships, Sozaemon starts to cherish life and question the meaning of taking revenge.
- Awards
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2006: San Sebastián Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Seashell
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