Miyagino (2010)

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.

• art house
• artist
• based on play or musical
• edo period
• expressionism
• japan
• japanese
• japanese cinema
• jidaigeki
• kabuki
• kimono
• mary magdalene
• mystery
• painter
• painter as artist
• performing arts
• period drama
• portrait
• portrait drawing
• portrait painting
• traditional culture
• ukiyo-e