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Hana - the Tale of a Reluctant Samurai, known in Japan as Hana yori mo Naho (花よりもなほ), is a 2006 Japanese jidaigeki by director Hirokazu Koreeda. The film was released in the United States by Funimation who also gave it an English-language dub.
Original Release
06/03/2006
US Release
05/06/2007
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jun'ichi Okada | Aoki Sōzaemon / 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 | Hirano Jirozaemon / Jirozaemon Hirano |
| Tomoko Tabata | Onobu |
| Yui Natsukawa | Oryo |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jun'ichi Okada | Aoki Sōzaemon / 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 | Hirano Jirozaemon / Jirozaemon Hirano |
| Tomoko Tabata | Onobu |
| Yui Natsukawa | Oryo |
| Renji Ishibashi | Aoki Shozaburo / Shozaburo Aoki |
| Ryûhei Ueshima | Otokichi |
| Yûichi Kimura | Magosaburo |
| Seiji Chihara | Tomekichi |
| Ryo Kase | Sodekichi |
| Susumu Terajima | Kichiemon Terasaka |
| Christopher Bevins | Jubei / Tomekichi |
| Majken Bullard | Shinnosuke |
| Chris Cason | Magosaburo / Onodera |
| R. Bruce Elliott | Shigehachi |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Julie K. Fujishima | Executive Producer |
| Nozomi Enoki | Producer |
| Satoshi Kôno | Producer |
| Yasushi Minatoya | Producer |
| Shiho Sato | Producer |
| Hijiri Taguchi | Producer |
