Details
Title: 花の誇り
Title (romaji): Hana no Hokori
Also known as: Flower's Pride
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Jidaigeki, romance
Viewership rating: 7.6
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast date: 2008-Dec-20
Airtime: Saturday 21:00
Synopsis
Tells the story of Tazuru, who falls in love with a female sword master, Miya. Tazuru and Miya are childhood friends. Miya and Tazuru’s older brother Shinjuro are in love with each other. But when Shinjuro, committed ritual suicide, Tazuru believed he had been jilted by Miya years pass. Tazuru’s husband, Orinosuke and Miya’s husband Munakata Sobe fight for the position of chief retainer. Miya is the last person that she wants to lose to and Tazuru demands that her timid husband win. At that time, Tazuru saves a travelling samurai who is being attacked by assassins. She is an expert in the short sword. The travellng samurai, Sekine bears a striking resemblance to her dead brother, and carries a secret message that exposes the corruption of the domain. Before long, Tazuru gets caught in the conspiracy of the first chief retainer. --Jdrama Weblog
Cast
Seto Asaka as Tazuru
Sakai Miki as Miya
Tanabe Seiichi as Orinosuke
Yamaguchi Makiya as Shinjuro / Sekine
Katsurayama Shingo as Munakata Sobe
Otani Ryosuke
Matsukane Yoneko
Endo Kenichi
Ishibashi Renji
Kawai Ryunosuke
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Hana no Hokori by Fujisawa Shuhei
Screenwriter: Miyamura Yuko (宮村優子)
Director: Yoshimura Yoshiyuki (吉村芳之)
Music: Endo Mikio (遠藤幹雄)
Hana no Hokori
