Sakuran (2006)

Réalisateur:

Mika Ninagawa

Scénaristes:

Moyoco Anno (comic)
Yuki Tanada (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

24 février 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Drame | Histoire

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Courtesan

Récompenses:

4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

This ain't no artsy-fartsy geisha movie...

Ensemble

Anna Tsuchiya	...	Kiyoha
Kippei Shiina	...	Kuranosuke
Yoshino Kimura	...	Takao
Hiroki Narimiya	...	Sojiro
Miho Kanno	...	Shohi
Masatoshi Nagase	...	Mitsunobu
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Masanobu Ando	...	Seiji
Kayoko Aoyagi
Ken'ichi Endô	...	Sakaguchi
Yasushi Higuchi
Akiko Hoshino
Yuki Hyôdô
Sadanji Ichikawa IV	...	Retired man
Renji Ishibashi	...	Owner
Kyôko Koizumi	...	Oran
Narumi Konno	...	Yukiji
Minami	...	Wakagiku
Keishi Nagatsuka
Yuri Nakamura
Mari Natsuki	...	Mother
Miho Ninagawa	...	Momoka
Shun Oguri	...	Florist
Kenji Takama
Hiroyuki Tanaka	...	Patron (as Sabu)
Ai Yamaguchi	...	Shigeji

Réalisé par
Mika Ninagawa

Scénaristes
Moyoco Anno		(comic)
Yuki Tanada		(screenplay)

Produit par
Yoshinori Fujita	....	producer
Chikako Nakabayashi	....	line producer
Tamotsu Shiina	....	executive producer
Masayuki Tanishima	....	associate producer
Masao Teshima	....	chief producer
Mitsuru Uda	....	producer

Musique originale
Ringo Shiina

Image
Takuro Ishizaka

Montage
Hiroaki Morishita

Création des décors
Namiko Iwaki

Maquillage
Etsuko Egawa	....	special makeup effects artist
Daisuke Iga	....	stylist
Yuko Sugiyama	....	stylist

Directeur de production
Masahiro Motofuji	....	unit production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Toru Yamamoto	....	first assistant director

Département Art
Toshiharu Aida	....	set dresser

Technicien du son
Showa Matsumoto	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects
Mitsuaki Hashimoto	....	visual effects supervisor

Caméra et Département Electrique
Hideo Kumagai	....	gaffer

Département Musique
Teru Yasui	....	music supervisor

Divers
Atsumi Koizumi	....	script supervisor

Companies de production

• Fellah Pictures

Distributeurs

• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2009) (Japan) (TV)

Autres Companies

• Cinema Investment  funding
• Lumine  funding
• Nikkatsu Studio  sound stages
• Peach John  funding
• Warp Station Edo  exterior sets

Durée:

Germany:111 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | Taiwan:R-12 | Japan:PG-12 | UK:15

Lieux de tournage:

Tokyo, Japan

Société:

Fellah Pictures

Guillemet:

Shohi: The more a girl is given things, the more the others hate her. Since nobody likes you, it's perfect.

This ain't no artsy-fartsy geisha movie...

If you pick up "Sakuran" with the intention of enjoying another artsy, sensitive depiction of geisha life, you're dead wrong. "Sakuran" is a movie about *oiran* life (for those who do not know: geisha are entertainers, and oiran are prostitutes). As such, you're not going to watch a bunch of well-behaved and manicured women. Here, you'll see bitch-slaps, coarse language, and a hard-ass main character with a rather modern view of life who can't really fit in with her peers. In other words, despite the fact that its setting is in the past, it's a fitting movie for the modern woman to relate to.

"Sakuran" is based on a Japanese manga series, so many scenes in the movie are shown with many colors. It's beautiful in its own way, though movie purists aren't going to like it. It also has a lot of pop music in it, which purists are going to find jarring and dissonant with the period depicted. However, the target audience is clearly not them, and the movie will treat them with the same disdain that the main character (herself played by a pop star turned actress) shows toward the high-class, privileged lords and samurai.

The movie makes many statements about the Japanese class system and politics, too, but it doesn't exactly shove them down your throat, either. In the end, the movie is about the freedom to choose love in spite of the expectations of class and vocation. Don't take it too seriously, and enjoy the ride.