Flower and Sword

Flower and Sword (花戦さ, Hana Ikusa) is a 2017 Japanese film on kadō directed by Tetsuo Shinohara.^[1]

Flower and Sword
Directed by	Tetsuo Shinohara
Screenplay by	Yoshiko Morishita
Based on	Hana Ikusa by Tadashi Onitsuka
Produced by	Shōhei Kotaki
Starring	Mansai Nomura Ichikawa En'nosuke IV Kiichi Nakai Kuranosuke Sasaki Kōichi Satō
Cinematography	Tokushō Kikumura
Edited by	Hirohide Abe
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	June 3, 2017 (2017-06-03)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Cast

• Mansai Nomura as Ikenobō Senkō
• Ichikawa En'nosuke IV as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Kōichi Satō as Sen no Rikyū
• Kiichi Nakai as Oda Nobunaga
• Kuranosuke Sasaki as Maeda Toshiie
• Katsumi Takahashi
• Takaya Yamauchi
• Masato Wada
• Aoi Morikawa as Ren
• Eisaku Yoshida as Ishida Mitsunari
• Keiko Takeshita as Jōchin'ni

Awards

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
41st Japan Academy Prize	Picture of the Year	Flower and Sword	Nominated
	Director of the Year	Tetsuo Shinohara	Nominated
	Screenplay of the Year	Yoshiko Morishita	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Tokushō Kikumura	Nominated
	Best Lighting Direction	Tatsuya Osada	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Tomoko Kurata	Won
	Best Sound Recording	Satoshi Ozaki	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Hirohide Abe	Nominated