A samurai's revenge disguised as a flower contest? Petals will fly.
During Ienari Tokugawa's period. Hanakurabe (a playful competition of poetry with flowers in this period) was held to please Shogun (General), and Shiroshobu of the Date family and Higoshobu of the Hosokawa family competed with each other. As a result, the Hosokawa family won and Yahei Tabuki of the Date family killed himself. At the funeral, a beautiful woman (Hibiko Maya) appeared in front of Yahei's son, Yazyuro (Tsuyoshi Kato). The woman said, "I am a woman of the Hosokawa family, and the person who killed your father" and left. To revenge father, he became "Hanaonmitsu" to make a better flower than Higoshobu.
Costume
Elaborate kimono patterns hide secrets in plain sight
Production
Meticulous recreation of Tokugawa-era flower competitions
Director
Susumu Kodama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hanakurabe competitions were actual Tokugawa-era events where samurai clans displayed wealth through rare blossoms.
Kyoko Maya reportedly trained for months in ikebana to perform her own flower arrangements on camera.
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