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Sakuran

Sakuran (2007)

  • 70% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (3,011 ratings)

Mika Ninagawa's lavishly produced, broadly-scaled period epic Sakuran unfurls in 18th century Edo, the embryonic fishing village that in later years blossomed into the Japanese metropolis of Tokyo. Anna Tsuchiya stars as Kiyoha, a social-climbing courtesan who inhabits and works in a bordello of… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Moyoco Anno, Yuki Tanada
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Dec 7, 2006 Wide
Asmik Ace Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Huddlestone, Time Out

    The characters are likeable but thin and, despite a few raw, persuasive scenes, the script feels emotionally stunted.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    So full of attitude that it fairly leaps off the screen with claws bared

  • Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

    In short, Sakuran is an enjoyable, superbly directed and impressively acted drama that gives a delicious manga-slash-J-pop twist to the geisha story. Worth seeking out.

  • Derek Malcolm, This is London

    If it is all a little like an arty novelette, there's no doubt it is a feast for the eye.

  • Kate Stables, Total Film

    But Ninagawa's obsession with image-making saps the story until the movie, like its heroine, is merely handsomely mounted.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Kylie B


    The storyline itself is pretty generic - nothing you won't have seen outside other films in vaguely the same area like Memoirs of a Geisha and Moulin Rouge, only with more graphic sex (it is the nature of the Oiran after all). What made this special for me was the stunning way it… More

  • Panta O


    Great artisticly executed movie from Mika Ninagawa... I really enjoyed everything she did in this movie set in 18th Century Edo, Japan. ?Sakuran? traces the life of Kiyoha as she ascents from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light… More

  • Lesley N


    Gaudy. <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1313/1048441401_00c5db1911.jpg">

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