Kiryuin Hanako’s life/1982/鬼龍院花子の生涯
Tosa’s chivalrous samurai, Masagoro Kiryuin（鬼龍院政五郎）, welcomed his adopted daughter, Matsue（松恵）, in 1921.
Matsue grows up taking care of Masagoro’s personal needs.
Masagoro kidnaps servant Woman, Tsuru（つる）, from a ryotei restaurant run by the wife of Suenaga（末長）, a man with whom Masagoro has a rivalry, to makes Masagoro’s concubine because of an altercation over a dogfight.
The following year, Tsuru gives birth to Masagoro’s daughter, Hanako（花子）.
Adopted daughter and beloved daughter.
The story is set in a real-life ninkyo family in Kutanda（九反田）, Tosa Kochi（土佐高知）, which makes us think about what the parent-child relationship is, regardless of whether they are related by blood or not.
Cast &Staff
Directed by Hideo Gosha（五社英雄）
Based on the novel “陽暉楼（Yohkiro）” by Tomiko Miyao（宮尾登美子）
| Role | Actor & Actress |
| Masagoro Kiryuuin（鬼龍院政五郎） | Tatsuya Nakadai（仲代達矢） |
| Matsue（松恵） | Masako Natsume（夏目雅子） |
| Younger Matsue（少女時代の松恵） | Nobuko Sendou（仙道敦子） |
| Uta（歌） | Shima Iwashita（岩下志麻） |
| Hanako（花子） | Kahori Takasugi（高杉かほり） |
| Tsuru（つる） | Akiko Kana（佳那晃子） |
