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6 May 2007 (USA) morePlot:
A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for the death of his father. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Samurai
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Revenge
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18th Century
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Japan
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1 win & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
Light and enjoyable moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13Filming Locations:
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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.