A masked avenger leaving red carnations in 1700s Paris sounds like every swashbuckler ever made, until you realize Simone is fighting a revolution nobody else is ready for yet. The show doesn't make her righteous, it makes her necessary. Watch a girl with nothing but a mask and a flower decide that aristocrats deserve to fall, and understand why she becomes a symbol the people didn't know they needed.
Paris stands on the eve of the French Revolution, and ordinary people suffer under the harsh reign of Louis XVI. Simone is a young girl whose parents were killed by aristocrats. Determined to free the people from their misery, she sets out to confront the corrupt nobility. Hiding her face behind a red mask and marking each appearance with a red carnation, she takes the name La Seine no Hoshi. Set during a period of historical upheaval, this 39-episode TV series from 1975 blends action and drama with a thread of romance.
