Sakuran

Sakuran (Japaneseさくらん) is a manga by Anno Moyoco. The later single band appeared from 2001 to 2003 in Kōdanshas Evening. He sold more than 560,000 times.

Action

A girl is sold as Kamuro ( little girl in training with a prostitute ) in the entertainment and brothel district Yoshiwara. There she came under the care of Oiran ( courtesan ) of Tamakiku - house (玉 菊 屋, Tamakiku -ya ) Shohi (粧ひ), which she calls Tomeki. Since Tomeki is very rebellious, do not cry when you beat them, is foul-mouthed and uncouth, say the others, they would be a good Oiran, since they not only need beauty and talent, but also the tenacity to keep this position.

Then Tomeki is only about O - Rin a Hikkomi ( prostitutes in training) and finally to Kiyoha (きよ葉), the prettiest girl in Tamakiku house. Their popularity threatened the position of the current Tamakiku - Oiran Mikumo (三 云), which leads to tension and jealousy of the two.

Problems are Kiyoha but also the appearance of her suitor Sojiro (惣 次郎) and the impossibility of love in this neighborhood.

Filming

• Anna Tsuchiya: Kiyoha
• Kippei Shiina: Kuranosuke
• Yoshino Kimura: Takao
• Hiroki Narimiya: Sojiro
• Miho Kanno: Shohi
• Masanobu Ando: Seiji
• Masatoshi Nagase: Mitsunobu
• Kenichi Endo: Sakaguchi

The manga was implemented in 2006 as the debut film by Mika Ninagawa, who is very well known in Japan mainly as a photographer. The music contributed Shiina Ringo, which was nominated as well as the production designer Namiko Iwaki, for a Japanese Academy Award.

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