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Moyoco Anno Manga Adapted Film To Screen In Berlin
Date: 1/22/2007
Variety reports "Sakuran," the debut feature by Mika Ninagawa, will make its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, having been selected for an out-of-competition screening, distributor Asmik Ace has announced. The Feb. 9 Berlin screening will preced its Feb. 24 opening in Japan. Based on a manga by Moyoco Anno (wife of Evangelion Director Hideaki Anno), the pic stars Anna Tsuchiya ("Kamikaze Girls") as an oiran (high-class prostitute) in the feudal-era Tokyo red-light district of Yoshiwara. Both Ninagawa and Tsuchiya will travel to Berlin for the screening -- and their first red-carpet appearances at a major international fest. Thanks To Daniel Zelter For The Link
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