The story follows Benio "Haikara-san" Hanamura, who lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy - contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions instead of the traditional kimono, and is not as interested in housework as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love.
Cast
Crew
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Director, Screenplay
Chiyo Kawazoe
Producer
Yoshinori Taguchi
Production Assistant
Koichi Nishiyama
Production Assistant
Nasuka
Costume Designer
Yuka Koiso
Animation Director
Hideki Ito
Animation Director
Terumi Nishii
Animation Director, Character Designer
Yu Matsuo
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Key Animation
Kensuke Watanabe
Key Animation
Shigemi Aoyagi
Key Animation
Yukiko Okada
Key Animation
Yuji Kikuta
Key Animation
Hironori Tanaka
Key Animation
Masayo Matsumoto
Key Animation
Ryoutarou Akao
Key Animation
Shoko Muroyama
Key Animation
Takayoshi Hayashi
Key Animation
Mina Tanaka
Key Animation
Miki Ogino
Key Animation
Kasumi Wada
Key Animation
Hirokazu Sato
Key Animation
Akane Fukuoka
Key Animation
Akane Nishikiba
Key Animation
Asumi Hashimoto
Key Animation
Ayaka Nishide
Key Animation
Ayano Yoshioka
Key Animation
Eiichiro Nishiyama
Key Animation
Eiko Aoyagi
Key Animation
Hiroaki Hanawa
Key Animation
Hiroko Kaneda
Key Animation
Misaki Shinoda
Key Animation
Yutaka Yamashita
Key Animation
Nahoko Uno
Key Animation
Kazuya Nagoya
Key Animation
Naoyuki Taniguchi
Compositing Artist
Yoko Saito
Background Designer
Saori Hayami
Theme Song Performance
Waki Yamato
Comic Book
Shuuji Suzuki
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