Burning Flower

Burning Flower[2] (花燃ゆ, Hanamoyu) is a 2015 Japanese historical drama television series, the 54th NHK taiga drama. The series stars Mao Inoue as Sugi Fumi, a sister of Meiji Restoration scholar Yoshida Shōin.[3] It premiered on January 4, 2015, and ended on December 13, 2015.

Burning Flower
Promotional poster
Written bySatomi Ōshima
Yūko Miyamura
Directed byYoshio Watanabe
Hajime Suenaga
StarringMao Inoue
Takao Osawa
Yusuke Iseya
Kengo Kora
Masahiro Higashide
Taizo Harada
Yūka
Rena Tanaka
Kōji Seto
Hitori Gekidan
Mayumi Wakamura
Kanji Ishimaru
Haruka Igawa
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Noriyuki Higashiyama
Takashi Naitō
Fumi Dan
Eiji Okuda
Kyōzō Nagatsuka
Tōru Emori
Keiko Matsuzaka
Hideki Takahashi
Kin'ya Kitaōji
Yoshiko Mita[1]
Narrated byShūichi Ikeda
Theme music composerTatsuya Shimono
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
ComposerKenji Kawai
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes50
Production
Executive producersKatsuhiro Tsuchiya
Masayo Komatsu
Running time45 minutes
Release
Original networkNHK
Original releaseJanuary 4 (2015-01-04) 
December 13, 2015 (2015-12-13)

Plot

The series depicts the Meiji Restoration, occurring during the last years of the Bakufu Shogunate and the early years of the Meiji Era, through the point of view of Sugi Fumi (ja), the younger sister of Yoshida Shōin.

Cast

Sugi family

Odamura family

  • Takao Osawa as Odamura Inosuke (later Katori Motohiko), Fumi's second husband
  • Rino Katase as Odamura Shino, Inosuke's mother
  • Kanji Tsuda as Matsushima Gōzō, Inosuke's elder brother

Students of Shoka Sonjuku

Chōshū Domain

Okugoten

Okugoten is the harem (oku) of Chōshū Domain.

Satsuma Domain

Tosa Domain

Tokugawa shogunate

Shinsengumi

Aizu Domain

Foreigners

Others

Production

  • Music – Kenji Kawai
  • Titling – Tomomi Kunishige
  • Historical research – Manabu Ōishi, Tōru Umihara, Tsugunobu Miyake
  • Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi
  • Architectural research – Kiyoshi Hirai
  • Clothing research – Kiyoko Koizumi
  • Narrator – Shūichi Ikeda
  • PR character – Moyurun (voiced by Haruka Tomatsu)

See also

References

  1. "大河ドラマ 花燃ゆ 総集編 DVD 全2枚". NHK. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  2. "Burning Flower". NEP Program Finder. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. "井上真央主演「花燃ゆ」いよいよスタート". modelpress. 4 January 2015.
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