Winner
Japan Academy Prize
Outstanding Music (2008)
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Sakuran
さくらん (Sakuran)
Directed by Mika Ninagawa (蜷川実花)
2007•111 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- Love & Desire
- Mood
- Dreamlike
- Language
- Japanese
Synopsis
Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
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Selected Awards
Winner
Japan Academy Prize
Outstanding Art Direction (2008)
Footnote
- First
Photographer Mika Ninagawa's directorial debut, a stylized period drama about a courtesan in Edo-era Japan
Main Cast
Anna TsuchiyaKiyoha
Kippei ShiinaKuranosuke
Hiroki NarimiyaSojiro
Yoshino KimuraTakao
Miho KannoShohi
Masatoshi NagaseMitsunobu
Masanobu AndoSeijiKAKayoko Aoyagi
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