Miss Hokusai

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Miss Hokusai

June 29, 2022

A film by Keiichi Hara

Japan, 2015, 90 min
PG-13

From award-winning director Keiichi Hara (Colorful) and Japanese powerhouse Production I.G (creators of Ghost in the Shell) comes a remarkable story of the daughter behind one of history’s most famous artists.

As all of Edo flocks to see the work of the revered painter Hokusai, his daughter O-Ei toils diligently inside his studio. Her masterful portraits, dragons and erotic sketches – sold under the name of her father – are coveted by upper crust Lords and journeyman print makers alike. Shy and reserved in public, in the studio O-Ei is as brash and uninhibited as her father, smoking a pipe while sketching drawings that would make contemporary Japanese ladies blush. But despite this fiercely independent spirit, O-Ei struggles under the domineering influence of her father and is ridiculed for lacking the life experience that she is attempting to portray in her art. Miss Hokusai‘s bustling Edo (present day Tokyo) is filled with yokai spirits, dragons, and conniving tradesmen, while O-Ei’s relationships with her demanding father and blind younger sister provide a powerful emotional underpinning to this sumptuously-animated coming-of-age tale.

Now available on Digital HD, Blu-ray and DVD!

CRITICS' PICK! EXTRAORDINARY! ENCHANTING! THOUGHT PROVOKING!
New York Times
A SUMPTOUS, SENSUOUS ANIMATED WORK OF ART!
Los Angeles Times
SHINES AS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE CREATIVE SOUL PAYING TRIBUTE TO ANOTHER! A stellar example of the oft-cited principle that animation is an art form, not a genre.
Variety
GORGEOUS! A SMALL POETIC WONDER! That an anime film can explore such complex subjects so beautifully in what's nominally an artist's biopic is a blessing in itself.
The Hollywood Reporter
MAGICAL AND MELANCHOLY, TENDER AND ROBUST! Miss Hokusai is a gorgeous piece of animated storytelling that’s far and above what we normally get here in the States!
Film Journal International
A MINOR MASTERPIECE! Vision beyond vision is a recurring motif in Miss Hokusai, beautifully articulated through the workings of the film’s magical realist world.
The Film Stage
A WORK OF BEAUTY AND INTELLECT! Yokai spirits, Buddha and dragons hiding in wind-storms heighten the periphery of how an artist might see the world.
Screen Anarchy
FASCINATING AND ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING! Miss Hokusai is a delight and certainly a strong late-year addition to 2016’s wide assembly of top notch animated fare.
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