Miss Hokusai (Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai) (2016)
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Critic Consensus: Miss Hokusai illuminates the life and creative legacy of its brilliant subject with a beautifully animated biopic whose absorbing visuals are matched by its narrative grace.
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as O-Ei

as Katsushika Hokusai

as O-Nao

as Ikeda Zenjirô

as Iwakubo Hatsugorô

as Sayogoromo
as Utagawa Kuninao
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The art here is rawer and more idiosyncratic than some other anime, and there is a pleasing matter-of-factness about fleshy matters - drinking, sex, sickness - even as the more abstract question of art's practice and power is under consideration.
The animation is superb, with fine attention to period detail, and director Keiichi Hara's use of modern music - some of it rock-infused - is apt accompaniment to a story of a young woman who lives life boldly by refusing to bend to cultural norms.

This plush anime version of Hinako Sugiura's original manga tells a tale in a poetic, episodic fashion.

Although it's lovely to look at, the movie is disjointed and is told through a seemingly random collection of vignettes, some of which are more memorable than others.

The spell "Miss Hokusai" casts is a powerful one that lingers long after the lights go up in the theater.

There are meditations on mortality, art, relationships, love, fear, sexuality and spirituality in this sumptuous-looking film. They cohere into a portrait of a young woman as complex as any big screen character can be.
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