Japan Synopsis
花よりもなほ
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Hana. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Hana itself).
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Hana holds position #210 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Hana. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1829th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
46 audience reviews — more than 62% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (62th percentile) outruns trending popularity (28th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Hana, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- slum dwellers · 5
- feudal japan · 26
- edo period · 19
- 18th century · 14
- revenge · 210
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,760 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (40th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,093 of 1,714 (top 64%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku, Shochiku Kyoto Studio, Shochiku Kyoto, Tokyo FM, Bandai Visual |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | June 3, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0464038 |
| Official Site | kore-eda.com |