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Burning Flower

Burning Flower

20157.71 Season50 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.

NetworksNHK

Top Cast

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue

Taizo Harada

Taizo Harada

Kanji Ishimaru

Kanji Ishimaru

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Umika Kawashima

Umika Kawashima

Mizuki Itagaki

Mizuki Itagaki

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Fumi Dan

Fumi Dan

Anne Suzuki

Anne Suzuki

Yuina Kuroshima

Yuina Kuroshima

Themes & Keywords

japanwifeslice of lifejidaigekiedo periodmeiji periodtaigabakumatsu

About Burning Flower

Burning Flower is a drama series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of japan, wife, slice of life, jidaigeki, edo period, meiji period. it stars Mao Inoue, Taizo Harada, Kanji Ishimaru. Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.

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