Berlinale 14

25 February 2007

Sakuran | Sakuran (Mika Ninagawa, Japan, 2006)
sunday 18 Feb
C: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shina, Hiroki Narimiya

This gloriously realized first feature by Mika Ninagawa, based on a popular manga, follows the education and gradual self-emancipation of a superstar courtesan (Oiran) in early 17th century Japan. Like Sophia Coppola in Marie Antoinette, Ninagawa chose to employ a pop soundtrack to help her tell this story of youth and celebrity from a distant time.

No one should say they’ve mastered walking on platforms without first seeing this film.


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