Tokyo — PERHAPS the Japanese just finally decided they could not allow one more Hollywood take on geisha life to go unanswered. Whether it was a reaction to the casting of Chinese actresses as ...

Mika Ninagawa's debut feature Sakuran will have its world premiere on Feb 9 as the opening film of the Berlinale Special section at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, distributor Asmik ...

Sakuran, Mika Ninagawa's punk rock geisha film, is getting a US Blu-ray release from 88 Films on March 24. Based on Moyoco Anno's acclaimed manga, Sakuran tells the story of a rebellious geisha in Edo ...

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In this bouncy, often poignant, sequel to Inside Out (2015), Riley (voiced by Kensington Tallman) is now 13 and yearning to be accepted by a group of popular girls led by her idol, Valentina (American ...

The Anti-Memoirs of a Geisha, Sakuran is a luscious visual treat and directorial debut from Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa. The tale of bad-girl courtesan Kiyoha, with a wonderfully oddball score ...

Anno’s unique style, with its huge eyes (even for manga) and fashion-influenced design, and her off-kilter female personalities are put into a Japanese period piece. Although perhaps best known here ...

Mika Ninagawa, Sakuran, 2006. C-print mounted on Plexiglas, 40.55 x 37 inches (103 x 68.6 cm). Edition 1 of 6. Signed and numbered. Mika Ninagawa is one of Japan’s most celebrated photographers.

Retaining independence within an 18th-century Yoshiwara brothel, Anna Tsuchiya curbs her passions to achieve her ambitions in Mika Ninagawa’s manga adaptation. Determined to succeed Yoshino Kimura’s ...