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Hana

Play trailer Poster for Hana Released May 6, 2007 2h 7m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for his father's death.

Critics Reviews

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Leslie Felperin Variety A humanistic, charmingly off-kilter samurai story of sorts. Sep 15, 2006 Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site This film has some heart and substance to it. It's too early to say, but perhaps Japanese filmmaking will turn its attention once again to concrete reality. Feb 14, 2021 Full Review David Cornelius DVDTalk.com Despite a whimsical approach to the material, Koreeda allows too many scenes to drag and too many themes to repeat. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 2, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alvise F 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. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/22/22 Full Review Audience Member 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 - Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was a lot of fun. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for his father's death.
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
Producer
Nozomu Enoki, Shiho Sato
Screenwriter
Hirokazu Koreeda
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
May 6, 2007, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 1, 2012
Runtime
2h 7m