The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai

[Aaron Gerow]

Some of you may know this, but Meike Mitsuru's pink film, The Glamorous 
Life of Sachiko Hanai, has just opened at Cinema Village in New York. 
Meike thinks this is the first Japanese pink film ever to get a 
theatrical release in the USA.

http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/

The New York Times review doesn't seem to know quite what to make of it:

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/movies/13hana.html?ref=movies

The Village Voice can only seem to summarize the story (as if that is 
enough to comment on the film):

http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0715,hollis,76355,20.html

Any other US reviews? The Cats of Mirikitani did very well at Cinema 
Village, so let's see how Meike does.


Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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