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Hannari: Geisha Modern: Directed by Miyuki Sohara. With Maxwell Caulfield, Suketaro Hanayagi, Ichiyoshi, Kentarô Kajino. A snapshot of the Kyoto Geisha community as it existed in 2005. The traditions and artistry continue to survive as they adapt to an ever-changing World.
- Miyuki Sohara
- 2006-11
- Documentary
- 94
Hannari - self assured, bright and gorgeous - the perfect description of the modern geisha." - Liza Dalby, Anthropologist and author of the book, Geisha (1983) "A rare, thorough, and extremely informative look at a unique facet of Japanese culture. It opens the doors to a mysterious world that very few will ever get to experience firsthand."
Hannari - Geisha Modern is a documentary film that seeks to capture thegeisha and their culture for what they are truly meant to be. Geisha areartists and en...
- What Does The Word Hannari Mean?
- Desire to Dispel The Memoirs of A Geisha Impression
- No Oscar, But Many Endorsements from Japan
- Lovely Moments, Important Interviews in Hannari
- Missed Opportunities in Hannari
- Hannari Preserves Glimpses of The 21St-Century Hanamachi
- Next Post: The February Setsubun Festivities
Associated originally with Kyoto’s hanamachi, the word hannarisuggests brightness, charm, and tasteful sophistication. (The film never explains its meaning). Hannari: Geisha Modern succeeds in conveying respect for the hanamachi, its beauty, its traditions, and its fragility today. The “brightness” of the hanamachi comes across most strongly in the...
Hannari’s emphasis on tradition and virtue over-corrects for the sexualization of geisha in the mass media. Memoirs of a Geisha, the 2005 film adaptation of Arthur Golden’s novel, irked people in the hanamachi and its supporters. The creators of Hannari aimed to dispel its strong association of geisha and sex work. Hannari promotion underscores its...
Aspiring for an Academy Award influenced Hannari’s length. Since the Academy requires documentaries be at least 90 minutes, Hannari, at 95 minutes, met that rule. But aiming for a lengthy documentary may have led to Hannari’s overly broad scope and lack of coherence. Hannaridid not win an Oscar. But the film’s homepage shows that it was screened wi...
What are the film’s strengths? Hannari is visually beautiful. Lovely moments come in brief nature scenes of flowers and babbling brooks and closeups of quaint hanamachi streets. Hannari devotes considerable attention to dance. We see the major spring productions at a distance and close-up. We can observe performers’ vivid costumes, facial expressio...
Its overly broad scope, digressions, and stiff parties scenes weaken Hannari.Trying to do too much, the film misses the chance to tell a deeper, more coherent story about dance and the geiko’s life. We see a truncated story of Gion’s famous Oyuki Morgan that ignores the ultimate tragedy of her 1904 marriage to a wealthy American. We spend too long ...
What might the perfect Hanamachi documentary provide? How can we encapsulate a living, breathing, growing, changing tradition—even in a film as long as Hannari? Although the documentary has its flaws, we are fortunate it has preserved even a slice of the rich cosmos of the 21st-century hanamachi.
Setsubunfestivities, marking a “seasonal division,” are among the liveliest in Kyoto’s hanamachi. Maiko and geiko take part in public rituals and teahouse party fun. Our next post explores these rituals and the carinvalesque costuming and comic acts that geiko perform that night. Jan Bardsley, “Film Review of Hannari: Geisha Modern,” janbardsley.we...
www.hannari.infowww.geishamodern.comA documentary film on the art and culture of the geisha of Kyoto, Japan.
- 1 min
- 5,1K
- Kent Kajino
Documentary filmmaker Miyuki Sohara examines the role of the geisha in 21st Century Japan in Hannari: Geisha Modern, which captures performances from a handful of contemporary geisha that attest to the skills as a dancer and vocalist that are demanded by their repertoire.
Movie Info. Filmmaker Miyuki Sohara examines the world of the geisha. Granted unprecedented access to that community, she dispels many of the myths surrounding the lives and circumstances of the...
- Documentary
