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Haikara-San: Official U.S. Trailer
The story follows Benio "Haikara-san" Hanamura, who lost her mother at a young age and was raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese military. So she became a tomboy – contrary to the traditional Japanese concept of femininity, she studied kendo, drank sake, instead of the traditional kimono she often dressed in Western-style clothes. strange and not interested in housework like in the novels or literary books of that time. She also rejects arranged marriage and believes in women's interests in career and marriage for love.