Japanese Drama - Hanaikusa

* 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.

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