Hana
Alternate/Foreign Title: Hana Yori Mo Naho [Original title], Hana: The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai [Full title]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2008-06-24
Genre: Foreign
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Stars: Yoshio Harada, Katsuo Nakamura, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yui Natsukawa, Susumu Terajima, Rie Miyazawa, Jun Kunimura, Tadanobu Asano
MPAA Rating: PG
Synopsis: What happens when those charged with taking life begin to cherish it? The year is 1702. Peace has settled over the squalor of Edo and the swords of the once-mighty samurai have been sheathed across Japan. In an era when dogs are more esteemed than the colorful peasants that inhabit the slums Soza a young warrior, better with books than blades, is on a quest to avenge his murdered father and restore honor to his family name. As the blood debt looms sensitive Soza must decide: to kill or not to kill? Amidst growing love shattered honor and the simple beauty of the cherry blossom Hana celebrates the joys of even the most difficult of lives.
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