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Hana yori mo nao / Shochiku ; purodyūsā, Satō Shiho, Enoki Nozomu ; genʼan, kyakuhon, kantoku, Koreeda Hirokazu.
花よりもなほ Shochiku ; プロデューサー, 佐藤志保, 榎望 ; 原案, 脚本, 監督, 是枝裕和.
LIBRA DVD 008 092
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Ethics.
- Revenge.
- Samurai.
- Japan.
- Samurai--Drama.
- Revenge--Japan--Drama.
- Ethics--Japan--Drama.
- Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Samurai films.
- Historical films.
- Motion pictures, Japanese.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on disc label: Hana tale of a reluctant samurai
- Title on IMDb: Hana yori mo naho
- Place of Publication:
- [Japan] : Shochiku : FUNimation Entertainment, [2008]
- Language Note:
- In Japanese or dubbed English; optional subtitle in English; credits in Japanese; credits on container in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound; Dolby Digital stereo (English).
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- stereo
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Director Hirokazu Koreeda turns the popularly held conventions of the typical samurai avenge tale on their head with this story of a man whose quest to avenge the death of his father gradually takes a back seat to his emerging role as a key figure in the community. The year is 1702, and young samurai Sozaemon Aoki has arrived in Edo to seek revenge against Jubei Kanazawa. Kanazawa is the man responsible for the death of Aoki's father, and now it's up to the grieving swordsman to settle the score. When Aoki begins teaching the children of Edo to read and write, however, his bloodlust slowly begins to subside as he comes to realize the true value of his useful place in society. Upon falling in love with the beautiful Osae, Aoki comes to realize that although the sword may be a powerful symbol of strength, allowing oneself to fall victim to its savage allure may not always be the best way to realizing ones true heroism.
- Participant:
- Okada Junʼichi, Miyazawa Rie, Furuta Arata, Kagawa Teruyuki, Asano Tadanobu, Harada Yoshio, Terajima Susumu, Chihara Seiji, Ueshima Ryuhei.
- 岡田准一, 宮沢りえ, 古田新太, 香川照之, 浅野忠信, 原田芳雄.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Yamazaki Yutaka; editor, Kore-Eda Hirokazu; music, Taburatūra; art direction, Isomi Toshihiro, Baba Masao.
- Director of photography, 山崎裕; music, タブラトゥーラ; art direction, 磯見俊裕, 馬場正男.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2006 (copyright 2005).
- Special features: Opening day stage greeting; original theatrical trailers.
- Duration of film on container is given as 120 min.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- ISBN:
- 1421012464
- 9781421012469
- OCLC:
- 233702924
- Publisher Number:
- 704400096105
- FN-09610 FUNimation Entertainment
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