About the Movie
Set in 19th Century Japan, O-Ei is the daughter of famed painter Hokusai. While O-Ei is shy and obedient in public, she creates provocative paintings in her father's art studio, which are then sold under her father's name. The town of Edo (present-day Tokyo) is filled with spirits and dragons, setting a colorful background for this coming of age story.
Miss Hokusai Film trailer (click image below)
Themes
Life in 19th Century Japan
“Japan, 1800–1900 A.D.: Chronology: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art , www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/10/eaj.html.
The painter Katsushika Hokusai
Edmond de Goncourt. Hokusai. Parkstone International, 2012. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=e900xww&AN=455936&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
Lane, Richard. "Hokusai". Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Jul. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hokusai.
Reviews
Kenny, Glenn. “Review: In ‘Miss Hokusai,’ an Apprentice to the Artistic Life.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 13 Oct. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/movies/miss-hokusai-review.html.
Tallerico, Brian. “Miss Hokusai Movie Review & Film Summary.” Roger-Ebert.Com, Ebert Digital LLC , 14 Oct. 2016, www.rogerebert.com/reviews/miss-hokusai-2016.
About Japan
“Country Business Guide: Japan .” AtoZ International Business, World Trade Press, https://library.cod.edu/atozinternationalbusiness (Click link and search for "Japan")
Latz, Gil , Hurst, G. Cameron , Notehelfer, Fred G. , Sakamoto, Taro , Hijino, Shigeki , Watanabe, Akira , Masai, Yasuo , Toyoda, Takeshi , Jansen, Marius B. and Masamoto, Kitajima. "Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan.