Theme Awards - The Sakuras
To wrap up January’s theme of Japanese female directors, I wanted to give out awards from a totally subjective jury of one (me). I am calling them the Sakuras (Japanese for cherry blossom) since at least three out of the five movies I watched this month featured cherry blossoms quite prominently. Best Lead Performance Anna Tsuchiya as Kiyoha in Sakuran She saved the film from being pure spectacle, and she went against the stereotype of Japanese and Asian women being submissiv