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- Movie: Sakuran
- Japanese: さくらん
- Director: Mika Ninagawa
- Writer: Moyoco Anno (comic), Yuki Tanada (screenplay)
- Producer: Yoshinori Fujita, Mitsuru Uda
- Cinematographer: Takuro Ishizaka
- Release Date: February 24, 2007 (Japan)
- Runtime: 111 min.
- Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Tokyo was once a tiny fishing village called Edo. The city owes its rapid expansion to the fact that, in 1603, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to found the country's capital at a place that was as far away as possible from the imperial seat in Kyoto. Edo soon grew to become a magnificent city. Anyone passing beneath the Great Gate of the new capital entered a glamorous world of pleasure and recreation. In Yoshiwara, the door-to-door bordellos covered an area easily equivalent to nine football pitches. Nevertheless, the quarter could not be compared to red-light districts of today's cities. The pastimes on offer in Yoshiwara were meant exclusively for wealthy visitors, who were often members of the best families in the land. The brothels were more like salons, presided over by courtesans. Indeed, these salons had considerable influence on the arts, fashions and other cultural proclivities of what is known as the "Edo" period. The women who worked at such places were expected to be as well-versed in music, dance and parlour games, as in the art of flower arranging. A courtesan in Edo could not be bought, rather, she wanted to be won over, and therefore expected a certain amount of attention, sensitivity and generosity from the man who conquered her. Edo's ordinary inhabitants eyed everything that went on in Yoshiwara with a mixtrure of envy and distrust. SAKURAN tells the story of one woman living in the lustrous world of Yoshiwara who was determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
Cast
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| Anna Tsuchiya | Kippei Shiina | Hiroki Narimiya | Yoshino Kimura | Miho Kanno |
| Kiyoha | Kuranosuke | Sojiro | Takao | Shohi |
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| Sadanji Ichikawa IV | Renji Ishibashi | Mari Natsuki | Masanobu Ando | Masatoshi Nagase |
| Retired man | Owner | Mother | Seiji | Mitsunobu |
Additional Cast Members:
- Kenichi Endo - Sakaguchi
- Minami - Wakagiku
- Miho Ninagawa - Momoka
- Kenji Takama
- Ai Yamaguchi - Shigeji
- Ayame Koike - young Kiyoha
- Gori
- Narumi Konno
- Keishi Nagatsuka
- Nao Omori
- Yuri Nakamura
- Tomomi Maruyama
- Shun Oguri - Florist
- Akiko Hoshino
- Toshifumi Muramatsu
Trailer
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Film Festivals
- 2010 (5th) International Rome Film Festival - October 28-November 5, 2010 - Focus
mitzmin Says:
Jan 09 2010 6:16 pm
one of the BEST films I eeeever watched! gosh watched it tons of times. I just loved Anne Tsushiya, she is beautiful and acts perfectly. If you haven't watched, I deeply recommend.
P S: If you think hiroki narimiya is important on this film, he isn't.