Sakuran

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Audience Member Visually enticing with superb soundtrack. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Sakuran (2006) This Japanese movie is not yet available on DVD here in the U.S. and is often compared to Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). I personally feel that Sakuran is a lot better movie. Perhaps director Mika Ninagawa's amazing visuals are due to the story being based on the Manga, versus Memoirs' being based on the novel. Also, Anna Tsuchiya's character Kiyoha, is a loud-mouthed broad that isn't afraid to tell you what she thinks of you, versus the typical female-playing-victim that we get here in American chick-flicks. Not that she doesn't get her fair share of abuse from the men she meets. She can dish it out as well as she takes it. The movie also is romantic and even a little sentimental. I didn't fully appreciate the more modern mix of music in the soundtrack. It really didn't fit the movie well and was slightly distracting. But, other than that it was an excellent movie and I highly recommend it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Basically Memoirs of a Geisha done a little more realistic and properly. Extremely colorful, and shot beautifully. It does have a few problems however with how some things are handled but was done to advance the plot (without trying to spoil the main part a real Samurai would have killed them immediately, no questions asked) and although I LOVE Shiina Ringo in some parts her music was treated similar to how Baz Lurhmann does music in his film, not to advance the plot but to appeal to a younger crowd. Worth seeing Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Let's get it out of the way first: the cinematography here is gorgeous and really captures this hyper-realist look to the film. It's too bad the first half of the film is pretty meandering. The second half is better and the ending is ALMOST enough to save this from a negative review. However, I think some of the sugarcoating done here of the sex industry is a bit much. For better, gritty, and more realistic takes on the topic, see some Suzuki's films from the 60's like 'Gate of Flesh' or 'Story of a Prostitute'. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member A gawdy japanese pop-romance in a similar vein to hollywood Marie Antoinette, but besting Marie-Antoinette in every respect.Sexy and emancipated. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit boring, really. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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