Hanadama
Subtitle: tanjō = Hana-dama : the origin
By: purodūsā Kobayashi Ryōji ; kyakuhon, Imaoka Shinji ; kikaku, seisaku Kobayashi Ryōji, Satō Hisayasu = producer, Ryoji Kobayashi ; writer, Shinji Imaoka ; directed by Hisayasu Sato
Contributors: Ashizawa, Akiko, director of photography; Otomo, Yoshihide, 1959- composer (expression); Sakuragi, Rina, 1990- actor; Shimamura, Maika, 1991- actor; Nakamura, Eriko, 1988- actor; Abe, Tomori, 1982- actor; Asada, Shun, actor; Olive Films
Published: 2016
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Drama; Bullying in schools; High school girls; Revenge
Other titles: Hana-dama; Hanadama
Description: Bullied Japanese high school student Mizuki has the ultimate revenge on her teenage tormentors in this horror-fest tinged with dark humor. Possessed by a powerful spirit, Mizuki sprouts a msyterious flower from her head which empowers her with deadly skills to exact revenge, with bloody consequences, against a group of bullying classmates led by mean girl Aya.
Notes: Aspect ratio 1.78:1.

Originally produced in Japan as a motion picture in 2013.

Bonus features: Backstage and behind the scenes (14:37) -- Interview with director Sato Hisayasu and cast (20:02) -- Trailer (1:59).

Cinematography, Ashizawa Akiko ; music, Ōtomo Yoshihide ; editor, Takaaki Hashiguchi.

Sakuragi Rina, Shimamura Maika, Nakamura Eriko, Abe Tomori, Iijima Daisuke and others.

NPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; aspect ratio (1.78:1); Dolby digital 2.0.

Japanese with English subtitles.