Hana: The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai

Hana: The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai
by Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Hana: The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai
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Actor: Katsuo Nakamura, Susumu Terajima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yoshio Harada, Yui Natsukawa
Director: Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Brand: Funimation
Cinematographer: Yutaka Yamazaki
Cinematographer: Yamazaki Yutaka
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-24
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Funimation

Movie Reviews of Hana: The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai

Movie Review: Hana: The Anti-Samurai Movie
Summary: 4 Stars

This movie follows a young samurai as he goes from strict adherence to the samurai code by seeking vengeance for the death of his father to a dawning realization that there's more to life than simply an honorable death.

As others have mentioned, there's very little action in this movie. Only two very short sequences, neither of which follows the classic samurai sword fight scenario. Instead, there's a great deal of comic dialog and situations.

It's a good film. Although somewhat long, the only place it really drags is during a rather long digression that focuses on a secondary character. I believe the director is trying to use the digression to show that the role of peasants in the era was not always as simple and lacking in tragedy as the rest of the film portrays, but it mainly serves to interrupt the main story and further slow the pacing.

Still, an entertaining film well worth watching.

Summary of Hana: The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai

What happens when those charged with taking life begin to cherish it? From award-winning filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Hana deconstructs the legend of the samurai with a delicate mix of laughter and emotion.

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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