https://wiki.d-addicts.com/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** ... *Iwasaki Mineko* - Nakamura Toru ... *Takamiya Seiichiro* - Hazuki Riona ... *Ayako* - Toda Naho ... *Saeko* - Shirakawa Yumi ... *Haruba* - Murano Mia ... *Yoshie* - Ozawa Maju ... *Yoshino* - Kataoka Tsurutaro ... *Amakasu* - Yamamura Momiji ... *Hatsune* - Natori Yuko ... *Umechiyo* - Tanaka Ken ... *Tokuji* - Sawaki Ruka ... *young Mineko*   #### **Production Credits** - **Planning:** Wada Ko, Nakamura Yuriko - **Original writing:** Iwasaki Mineko - *Geisha, A Life* (autobiography) - **Screenwriter:** Terada Toshio - **Producer:** Suzuki Shintaro - **Director:** Hoshida Yoshiko   #### **Notes** The story is loosely based on the autobiography of the famous retired geisha Iwasaki Mineko (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.      - #### [**English Subtitles**](https://subscene.com/subtitles/hanaikusa/english/1884534)   **A note on subtitles:** The subs were found by me on some random subtitles database. They were wrongly formatted (would not open in any sub editor) and had some really weird timecodes when a random line would stay on screen for 20 minutes or so for no reason. I've skimmed through them and fixed the most obvious problems but there are probably many more so take it into consideration. --*kawada_kun*