Sakuran

About Sakuran

Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.

Sakuran is a 2006 history film directed by Mika Ninagawa. Anna Tsuchiya stars as Kiyoha, Kippei Shiina as Kuranosuke, Hiroki Narimiya as Sojiro, and Yoshino Kimura as Takao.

At 111 minutes long, it arrived in December 2006. Written by Yuki Tanada. It is adapted from a manga.

Shelv files it under prostitution, sex work, historical romance, and based on manga. In the United States it streams on AsianCrush, Cineverse Amazon Channel, and Fandor Amazon Channel. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 71 TMDB voters.

Lost in Translation, Gantz, and Gantz: Perfect Answer make useful companions to Sakuran, all filed under japan.