Japan Society
333 E 47th St
212.832.1155
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Sakuran
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Saturday July 12, 2008 (8:30pm)
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- Price
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$15
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Note: A Red Light Party follows the screening, and an additional screening takes place on Sunday July 13 (12:45pm).
Mika Ninagawa's debut feature, Sakuran plays like a rock 'n roll Memoirs of a Geisha with a bigger wardrobe budget. The film's certainly guilty of prioritizing style over substance — but given Ninagawa's rep as one of Japan's best art photographers, and the fact that Sakuran is based on best-selling manga about a smokin'-hot courtesan with a bad attitude, we don't really mind. Now that Japan is better known for its kogal than kabuki, it shouldn't shock anyone that this eye-popping take on 18th-century prostitution forsakes authenticity for teal eyeliner and zebra-striped silks.
