Details
Title: 花いくさ
Title (romaji): Hanaikusa
Tagline: 京都祇園伝説の芸妓・岩崎峰子
Tagline (romaji): Kyoto Gion Densetsu no Geisha, Iwasaki Mineko
Format: Tanpatsu
Viewership ratings: 12.4
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2007-Nov-23
Air time: Friday 21:00
Synopsis
Inoue Mao plays the role of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto. -- Tokyograph
Cast
Inoue Mao as Iwasaki Mineko
Sawaki Ruka as young Mineko
Hazuki Riona
Toda Naho
Ozawa Maju
Nakamura Toru
Murano Mia
Yamamura Momiji
Sato Jiro
Tanaka Ken
Kataoka Tsurutaro
Shirakawa Yumi
Natori Yuko
Production Credits
Planning: Wada Ko, Nakamura Yuriko (中村百合子)
Original writing: Iwasaki Mineko (岩崎峰子) Geisha, A Life (autobiography)
Screenwriter: Terada Toshio
Producer: Suzuki Shintaro (鈴木伸太郎)
Director: Hoshida Yoshiko (星田良子)
Notes
The story is loosely based on the autobiography of the famous retired geisha Mineko Iwasaki (who was one of the sources for Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha). Iwasaki is also involved in the drama by personally coaching Inoue in the ways of the geisha, and training the cast to speak the unique Gion dialect.
