Hibana: Spark (drama series)

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Drama: Hibana: Spark
Romaji: Hibana
Japanese: 火花
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki, Kazuya Shiraishi, Shuichi Okita, Shinji Kuma, Yasutaka Mori
Writer: Naoki Matayoshi (novel), Masato Kato, Miyuki Takahashi, Hiromu Kumamoto
Network: NHK, Netflix
Episodes: 10
Release Date: June 3, 2016 (Netflix) / February 26 - April 30, 2017 (NHK)
Runtime: Sundays 23:00-23:45 (NHK)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Tokunaga (Kento Hayashi) is an unpopular comedian. He happens to meet comedian Kamiya (Kazuki Namioka) who has quite a foul mouth and a genius sense of comedy. Tokunaga is strongly attracted to Kamiya and asks if he could mentor him. Kamiya accepts. Every night they talk about comedy while drinking alcohol.

Tokunaga slowly gains popularity as part of his comedy duo. Meanwhile, Kamiya has a hard time because everything doesn't work out. Kamiya falls into debt and suddenly he disappears.

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Based on novel "Hibana" by Naoki Matayoshi (published March 11, 2015 by Bungeishunju).
Related titles:
1. Hibana: Spark | Hibana (Netflix-NHK / 2016)
2. Spark | Hibana (2017)

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Kento Hayashi	Kazuki Namioka	Mugi Kadowaki	Masao Yoshii	Hideaki Murata
Tokunaga	Kamiya	Maki Miyano	Makoto Yamashita	Kazuya Obayashi



Nahana	Sayaka Yamamoto	Eri Tokunaga	Daichi Watanabe	Maryjun Takahashi
Erika Nishida	izakaya employee	Ayumi	Onodera	Yurie



Tetsu Watanabe	Shota Sometani	Tomorowo Taguchi	Kaoru Kobayashi
Roku-san	Kenji Ogata	Seitaro Hyuga	Watanabe

Additional Cast Members:

Yura Arata - Aiko (young)
Giko - (ep.1)
Shun Yamamoto - university student (ep.5)
Takuya Matsunaga

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Tryans May 22 2021 1:11 pm After rewatch this series once again this year, now i know and understand why i like this series and why this series so special.

Jennyboom21 Jan 12 2021 6:12 am better than the movie. love kento and kazuki tho

Shapeshifter Nov 15 2020 5:49 am I'm still midway on the series but I already love how real it feels

Dan Jan 06 2018 5:20 am I enjoyed this dark, melodramatic show. Character development was good.

Just finished the last episode, and was profoundly dissapointed. Why did they have to have one of the main male characters go get f cup sized breast implants? This bizzare plot twist ruined this show, and makes me not want to see a second season. It is like they deliberately get you emotionally invested in the characters, and pull a sleight of hand to exploit those feelings to push a transgender agenda. It’s like Cinderella getting a penis sewn onto her forehead at the end of the movie. I mean why??? I’m seriously considering ending my netflix subscription because they blatantly push these themes, and it seems nothing is uncorrupted.

Matthew Borgelt Sep 14 2017 2:09 am If only there was Season 2...

Arno Aug 21 2017 11:58 am This series is pure class. Perfect casting, good storyline and I like the sometimes hard realism. 10 out of 10. Brilliant.

yanki Jun 24 2017 1:26 am simply touching and moving

januye Feb 15 2017 3:57 pm soooooo good and touching❤️

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