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{{Infobox television
| director             =
| executive_producer   = 
| writer               = Shinichi Ichikawa
| theme_music_composer = Naoto Ōtomo
| composer             = [[Shigeaki Saegusa]]
| opentheme            = [[NHK Symphony Orchestra]]
| starring             = [[Yoshiko Mita]]<br />[[Ichikawa Danjūrō XII]]<br />[[Eiji Okuda]]<br />[[Masao Kusakari]]<br />[[Nomura Mansai]]<br />[[Takako Matsu]]<br />[[Ichikawa Ebizō XI|Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII]]<br />[[Shirō Sano]]<br />[[Masahiro Matsuoka]]<br />[[Sachiko Kobayashi]]<br />[[Yoshie Taira]]<br />Toshiya Nagasawa<br />Isao Bitō<br />[[Hiroshi Katsuno]]<br />[[Hiroshi Fujioka]]<br />[[Isao Natsuyagi]]<br />[[Rino Katase]]<br />[[Fumi Dan]]<br />[[Kōji Yakusho]]<br />[[Matsumoto Hakuō II|Matsumoto Kōshirō IX]]<br />[[Yorozuya Kinnosuke]]<br />[[Machiko Kyō]]
| narrated             = [[Yoshiko Mita]]
| country              = Japan
| language             = Japanese
| num_seasons          = 
| num_episodes         = 37
| runtime              = 37 x 45 minutes
| network              = [[NHK]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|df=y|1994|4|3}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|df=y|1994|12|11}} 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Hana no Ran'''''|花の乱}} was the 33rd [[Taiga drama]] to be broadcast on the [[NHK]] network in Japan. It premiered on 3 April 1994 and its finale aired on 25 December of the same year.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30464090  花の乱: NHK 大河ドラマ・ストリー (''Hana no ran: NHK taiga dorama stōrī''), 1994]</ref>

==Plot==
The story takes place during the [[Muromachi period]] of Japan, in the midst of the [[Ōnin War]]. The main character in the series is [[Hino Tomiko]], a historical figure with a bad reputation because of her actions to rebuild [[Kyoto]] after the Ōnin War.

==Cast==
;Hino and Ashikaga
*[[Hino Tomiko]]: [[Yoshiko Mita]]
**Young Tomiko: [[Takako Matsu]]
*[[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]]: [[Ichikawa Danjūrō XII]]
**Young Yoshimasa: [[Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII|Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII]]
*Hino Shigeko: [[Machiko Kyō]]
*Hino Katsumitsu: [[Masao Kusakari]]
*Hino Mitsuko: [[Yoshie Taira]]
*[[Ashikaga Yoshimi]]: [[Shirō Sano]]
*[[Takao Osawa]]: [[Ashikaga Yoshitane|Ashikaga Yoshiki]]

;Hosokawa
*[[Hosokawa Katsumoto]]: [[Nomura Mansai]]

;Yamana
*[[Yamana Sōzen]]: [[Yorozuya Kinnosuke]]

;Imperial Court
*[[Emperor Go-Hanazono]]: Shun Ōide
*[[Ichijō Kaneyoshi]]: [[Taketoshi Naito]]
*[[Nijō Mochimichi]]: [[Yū Fujiki]]

;Others
*[[Junkichi Orimoto]]: Zenami
*[[Ōuchi Masahiro]]: [[Hiroshi Fujioka]]
*[[Ikkyū]]: [[Eiji Okuda]]
*Ibuki Saburō Nobutsuna: [[Kōji Yakusho]]
*[[Shuten-dōji]]: [[Matsumoto Hakuō II|Matsumoto Kōshirō IX]]
*Kenke Uehara: [[Kōtarō Tanaka (actor)|Kotaro Tanaka]]
*Aka Oni: [[Strong Kongo]]

==Ratings==
The series, which only managed a 14.1% audience share during its run and peaking at 18.3% as its highest, had the notorious reputation of being the lowest-rated Taiga drama series in the franchise's history until it was surpassed by ''[[Taira no Kiyomori (Taiga drama)|Taira no Kiyomori]]'' in 2012. Many blame the dark premises, the mysteries surrounding Hino Tomiko's family history, confusing disputes between her and [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]], and befuddling love scenes as the reasons why the drama failed.

==References==
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{{Taiga drama}}

[[Category:Taiga drama]]
[[Category:1994 Japanese television series debuts]]
[[Category:1994 Japanese television series endings]]
[[Category:Television series set in the 15th century]]