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Miss Hokusai

Original title: Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai
  • 20152015
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 33m
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6.7/10
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Miss Hokusai (2015)
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The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
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    • Keiichi Hara
    • Stephanie Sheh(english version)
    • Michael Sinterniklaas(english version)
    • Hinako Sugiura(comic "Sarusuberi")
    • Miho Maruo(screenplay)
    • Stephanie Sheh(english adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Yutaka Matsushige(voice)
    • Anne Watanabe(voice)
    • Erica Lindbeck(English version)
    • Keiichi Hara
    • Stephanie Sheh(english version)
    • Michael Sinterniklaas(english version)
    • Hinako Sugiura(comic "Sarusuberi")
    • Miho Maruo(screenplay)
    • Stephanie Sheh(english adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Yutaka Matsushige(voice)
    • Anne Watanabe(voice)
    • Erica Lindbeck(English version)
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    • 22User reviews
    • 85Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    Yutaka Matsushige
    Yutaka Matsushige
    • Katsushika Hokusai
    • (voice)
    Anne Watanabe
    Anne Watanabe
    • O-Ei
    • (voice)
    • (as An)
    Erica Lindbeck
    Erica Lindbeck
    • O-Ei
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Richard Epcar
    Richard Epcar
    • Katsushika Hokusai
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Gaku Hamada
    Gaku Hamada
    • Ikeda Zenjirô
    • (voice)
    Ezra Weisz
    • Zenjiro Ikeda
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Robbie Daymond
    Robbie Daymond
    • Kuninao Utagawa
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Kengo Kôra
    • Utagawa Kuninao
    • (voice)
    Barbara Goodson
    Barbara Goodson
    • Koto
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Jun Miho
    • Koto
    • (voice)
    Courtney Chu
    Courtney Chu
    • O-Nao
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Shion Shimizu
    • O-Nao
    • (voice)
    Marc Diraison
    Marc Diraison
    • Hatsugoro
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Michitaka Tsutsui
    • Iwakubo Hatsugorô
    • (voice)
    Kumiko Asô
    Kumiko Asô
    • Sayogoromo
    • (voice)
    Cindy Robinson
    Cindy Robinson
    • Sayogoromo
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Mike Pollock
    Mike Pollock
    • Manjido
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Danshun Tatekawa
    • Manjidô
    • (voice)
      • Keiichi Hara
      • Stephanie Sheh(english version)
      • Michael Sinterniklaas(english version)
      • Hinako Sugiura(comic "Sarusuberi")
      • Miho Maruo(screenplay)
      • Stephanie Sheh(english adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      Ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world", was a popular art genre in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1868). By using woodblock printing, depictions of folk tales, landscapes, kabuki theatre scenes and erotica, were widely spread throughout Japan.
    • Goofs
      The movie (or at least the subtitles) stated that Hokusai died at age 90. He actually died at the age of 88.
    • Quotes

      O-Ei: We don't cook, we don't clean. When the place gets too dirty, we move. With two brushes and four chopsticks, we can live anywhere.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Toonami Pre-Flight: Favorite Video Games of 2016 (2016)

    User reviews22

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    If you want to impress your date, take him/her to see this film
    American films are a shallow, inane mess. That's why people go see foreign films at art houses. They want to feel good about themselves, and they want to look good to others. Miss Hokusai probably isn't playing in theaters anymore. But if it was, it's a great place to take a date if you want to impress them with your amazing and elitist tastes.

    I'm not one for typical anime. And of the other anime-ish films that were big in America - Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, etc. - I guess I kind of liked them, but I'm not sure why, other than I'm supposed to like them, and it's good and right to like them. Agree, NPR crowd?

    Well. Miss Hokusai is a film critic's dream. As soon as I saw it playing at my local college town theatre, I already knew it got 100% from Metacritic and consistent red tomatoes on Rotten Tomatoes. Film critics' tastes are extremely predictable. The more pretentious and experimental a film, the more it merits 5 stars, or 10 stars, or whatever's the highest rating of X publication or website.

    Why Miss Hokusai gets rave reviews from critics:

    -It's Japanese anime-ish, and critics and TED lecture fans alike all salivate for those.

    -It has - gasp! - LBGT in there, and it's not even implied or subdued!!

    -I don't know what the f--- it's about, but it sure looks good!

    -Japanese Edo period, about famous artist/painter! Critics love artsiness.

    -Beautiful Japanese anime-ish characters! Critics appreciate different cultures.

    -Japan, Japan, oh how they love and adore Japan!

    -Gorgeous 19th-century Edo cityscape and scenery. Critics adore and appreciate cinematography, history, architecture, and the outdoors - a plus if it's a different culture!

    -And what is the film about again? I don't care, it seems experimental and cool, so I'll upvote it!

    Anyway, I'm guilty of thinking like critics, so I was pretty impressed with the film, and I enjoyed it. I'd hate to say this, but it really is way better than typical American films. Art-house elitism!
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    • trhliao
    • May 11, 2017

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      • May 9, 2015 (Japan)
      • Japan
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      • Bandai Visual Company
      • Oriental Light and Magic (OLM)
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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