Miss Hokusai

Name: 百日紅 -Miss HOKUSAI-
Genre: Drama, Supernatural, Historical, 大人が主役, Female protagonist
Released: 2015-05-09
Cast: 杏, 松重豊, 濱田岳, 高良健吾, 美保純

百日紅 -Miss HOKUSAI- · さるすべりみすほくさい／さるすべりMissHOKUSAI

Sarusuberi: Miss HOKUSAI

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TypeFilm

Released2015-05-09

SeasonSpring 2015

Episodes1

Runtime90 min

StatusFinished

SourceManga

Animation studioPRODUCTION I.G, Production I.G

ProducersOLM, 『百日紅』製作委員会, アサツーディ・ケイ, サンライズ, テレビ東京, トランスコスモス, バンダイビジュアル, プロダクション・アイジー

Score70/100

Overview

The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo. One of the highest populated cities in the world, teeming with peasants, samurai, townsmen, merchants, nobles, artists, courtesans, and perhaps even supernatural things. A much accomplished artist of his time and now in his mid-fifties, Tetsuzo can boast clients from all over Japan, and tirelessly works in the garbage-loaded chaos of his house-atelier. He spends his days creating astounding pieces of art, from a giant-size Bodhidharma portrayed on a 180 square meter-wide sheet of paper, to a pair of sparrows painted on a tiny rice grain. Short-tempered, utterly sarcastic, with no passion for sake or money, he would charge a fortune for any job he is not really interested in. Third of Tetsuzo's four daughters and born out of his second marriage, outspoken 23-year-old O-Ei has inherited her father's talent and stubbornness, and very often she would paint instead of him, though uncredited. Her art is so powerful that sometimes leads to trouble. "We're father and daughter; with two brushes and four chopsticks, I guess we can always manage, in a way or another." Decades later, Europe was going to discover the immense talent of Tetsuzo. He was to become best known by one of his many names: Katsushika Hokusai. He would mesmerize Renoir and van Gogh, Monet and Klimt. However, very few today are even aware of the woman who assisted him all his life, and greatly contributed to his art while remaining…

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Synopsis 日本語

江戸は下町の長屋に暮らす絵師の鉄蔵こと葛飾北斎とその娘、お栄。そして居候の善次郎。3人は書き損じが散らかった部屋を気にも留めず、日夜創作活動に励んでいた。そんな彼らのもとに鉄蔵のライバル歌川門下で若年ながら頭角を現す国直も出入りするようになる。「親父と娘。筆二本、箸四本あればどう転んでも食っていける」と豪語するお栄ではあったが、なにかと気持ちが揺れ動く難しい時期を迎えていた。公私ともに充実のときを迎える鉄蔵も盲目で病弱の末娘に悩み、若き日の縁者の死に遭遇。婿とも衝突するなど円満とは言いがたい。駆け出し絵師として徐々に頭角を現す善治郎も才気溢れるお栄や、年下ながら売れっ子絵師の国直に引け目を感じている。国直も歌川一門の人間関係に窮屈さを感じ、自由闊達な鉄蔵門下に憧れを抱くも義理と人情の板挟みに遭っていた。 4人が遭遇する事件を軸に生き生きとした江戸庶民の生活が描かれる。

Source: Wikipedia「百日紅〜Miss HOKUSAI〜」 (CC BY-SA 4.0)