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Sakuran

Japan, 2006

Film

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Tsuchiya Anna blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.

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Credits

director

Mika Ninagawa

editor

Hiroaki Morishita

original story

Moyoco Anno

producer

Masao Teshima

Uda Mitsuru

Yoshinori Fujita

production company

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Asmik Ace

Cinema Investment

dentsu

Kodansha

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

PARCO

TV Asahi

WOWOW

production design

Namiko Iwaki

writer

Yuki Tanada

Duration

01:51:00

Production places
Japan
Production dates
2006

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-20431

Language

Japanese

Subject categories

Drama

History

TMDB-Movie

20431

Wikidata

Q21221494

Collected

33 times

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