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6.9/10   391 votes
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Director:
Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer:
Hirokazu Koreeda (written by)
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Release Date:
6 May 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for the death of his father. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Light and enjoyable more

Cast

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Junichi Okada ... Aoki Souzaemon aka 'Soza'
Rie Miyazawa ... Osae
Arata Furuta ... Sadashiro
Jun Kunimura ... Isekan
Katsuo Nakamura ... Shigehachi
Tadanobu Asano ... Jubei Kanazawa
Yoshio Harada ... Junai Onodera
Teruyuki Kagawa ... Jirozaemon Hirano
Tomoko Tabata ... Onobu
Yui Natsukawa ... Oryo
Renji Ishibashi ... Shozaburo Aoki
Ryuuhei Ueshima ... Otokichi
Yuichi Kimura ... Magosaburo
Seiji Chihara ... Tomekichi
Ryo Kase ... Sodekichi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hana (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Japan:127 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Kyoto, Japan

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1 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Light and enjoyable, 5 August 2007
6/10
Author: Paul Martin from Melbourne, Australia

This film was produced by Shochiku, a studio that I'm told is renowned for it's middle-of-the-road part-comedy/part-pathos films. Hana fits squarely in that territory and is Kore-eda's most commercial film to date.

Set in the slums of 1702 Edo (now Tokyo), the cinematography and attention to period detail were excellent. The story itself is fairly lame. A young samurai, incompetent with a sword seeks revenge for his father's death, but finds himself unable to carry out the act.

There's no doubting the competence of the director and the film's visuals are a joy to behold. It's not something that particularly engages me, but is the sort of film I would love to take my six year old son to. The blend of humour and almost slapstick action would certainly be enjoyed by him. Mind you, this is not really a children's film, even though it has the appeal of a Japanese version of a Disney film. Many adults would enjoy it, but it's not my thing.

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