Hana

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Alvise F 05/22/2022 The worst attempt of Kore-eda's career. He stages his first, and only, "jidaigeki" (時代劇), "period drama": a choral film that never takes off, limiting itself to a glossy representation of a kind-hearted but boring Edo tale, anchored to the canons of television fiction. The typical delicacy of Kore-eda's aesthetics is there, but the substance and the emotional involvement is lacking. See more 07/30/2012 A more emotional take on the Samurai genre. The understanding of Sozemon's struggles with revenge were not lost - but much of this movies rambling tangents were a little much. But Kore-eda is an amazing director of actors and every performance out of this extensive cast is spot on - See more 12/19/2011 Funny because it's so human. Works best if you're familiar with the Samurai revenge film, but works incredibly well even if you aren't. See more 06/06/2011 Could be a bit more polished, but Hana is a dissacrant albeit quiet twist on chambara tropes, stabbing at the heart the 47 Ronin of fame: better live poorly, but well than die with honor. Slice of life wins over slashes of katana. See more 04/29/2011 This movie was a lot of fun. See more 04/25/2011 Junichi Okada! There are some satiric, humoreous moments perhaps only native Japanese could fully understand however. The standard overlong & overslow narrative of Japanese movies just turns me off one more time. See more Read all reviews

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