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.
- Genre: Action, Drama, Historie, Komödie
- Studio: Shochiku, Tokyo FM, Bandai Visual, TV Man Union, Shochiku Studio
- Stichwort: samurai, revenge, 18th century, jidaigeki, edo period, feudal japan, slum dwellers
- Besetzung: Junichi Okada, 宮沢りえ, Arata Furuta, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tomoko Tabata, 上島竜兵