Kore'eda's new film

[Maria Jose]

The title of the film corresponds to the last tanka
Lord Asano Takuminokami of Chushingura story/Ako Clan fame
composed before commiting seppuku, in which he compares himself to scattered
fallen flowers,presumably of sakura:
Kaze sasofu hana yori mo naho haru no meizan ikani tokasemu
風さそふ　花よりもなほ　我はまた　春の名残を　いかにとかせむ
but what exactly is "naho"?


Maria Jose Gonzalez
Kansai University
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