© Netflix Nana Mori and Natsuki Deguchi play Anna and Sumire in the new Makanai manga.Japanese director Hirokazu Kureda is no stranger to international recognition as the country's most famous director. Two of his works have received awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival: Like Father, Like Son (2013), Jury Prize and Shopkeepers ' Palme d'Or (2018), which was presented at the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. in 2019. Film in a foreign language.
He has now turned his attention to the small screen as host, writer and director of the new Netflix series Makanai: Cooking for Maiko's Home , which will premiere internationally on January 12 and is based on the popular Japanese manga.
The nine-episode series tells the modern-day story of 16-year-old Kyo and Maiko, a young geiko, the Kyoto term for geisha, in northern Japan, making her way as a traditional Japanese artist. in the south of Japan. . Jiko's teachers think that Kyo is unsuitable for the role of a miko due to her intelligence, but she wins them over as a cook or mechanic.
In an interview with TIME, Corey Ida said that prior to creating the show, he had little understanding of gecko and miku culture.
Kore Eda says: “When I was studying in Kyoto, where this story takes place, the tall houses reserved for women, known as yakata, I was struck by the fact that women are called mothers and sisters, even if they are not related by blood. "Their lifestyle inspired me to create this world on screen."
Makanai is the result of an instant manga.
Thanks to the power of the Internet, which allows a growing international audience to access content from all over the world, manga (Japanese comics) is becoming increasingly popular with non-Japanese readers. According to Polygon , U.S. sales of the top 50 manga titles will triple by 2021. Live performance adaptations are not new. 2014 sci-fi film Edge of Tomorrow by South Korean director Park Changwook starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, based on the manga All You Need Is Murder by Hiroshi Sakurazaki .
However, manga adaptations aimed at Western audiences have proved successful. Spike Lee's 2013 remake of Oldboy was a box office failure. The 2017 Netflix live-action film Death Note was panned by critics around the world. The 2017 film Ghost in the Shell starring Scarlett Johansson was controversial for its whitewashing. And in 2009, the adaptation of Dragon Ball made it to the list of the worst films of the early 2000s.
Makanai is based on Aiko Kayama's best-selling manga titled Maiko-san chi no Makanai-sa, first published in 2016. Kayama Comics has won the 2020 Shogakukan Manga Award, one of Japan's most prestigious manga awards. Over 2.7 million copies have been sold. Due to its national popularity, the manga has already received an anime series airing on Japan's national broadcaster NHK World in 2021.
Former media release depicting the life of a geisha.
The life of local Japanese artisans is shrouded in mystery. Geiko and miko are works of the 17th century. But the geisha population, which was 80,000 in the 1920s, is now declining, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is estimated that there are less than 1,000 geishas in Japan today.
In 1997, the world received a rare window into the life of a geisha in Sayori , a British novel by Arthur Golden that was eventually made into a film by Rob Marshall in 2005, and which controversially featured non-Japanese women in Japanese roles. But the source itself has sparked controversy: Geiko retiree Mineko Iwasaki, who interviewed him to write Golden, sued him and his publisher for violating her community's code of silence. Finally, the two settled the dispute out of court.
If Mineko has one thing to regret, it's the novel's overly sexualized depiction of Gekko. For many years, Western media have associated the geisha movement with flirting and prostitution. After the success of Golden's novel, tourists flocked to Japan's geisha district to catch a glimpse of the women. Not too long ago, a gecko in Kyoto reported being harassed by tourists looking for pictures of the gecko (among other cultural restrictions), prompting the region to issue a photography ban in 2019.
Kore-eda is aware of the past controversy and hopes the series gets better, though she hopes people don't mistake it for "again" fiction. For example, there is no teenage Makan that looks like Kyo's character. Kore-Ida told TIME, “In Sayuri : Memoirs of a Geisha, I heard that many foreign tourists realized that their parents had sold all their miko. Perhaps this series will at least dispel those misconceptions, although I plan not to."
Sumire, Kyou's best friend who taught her to be "one in a million", and the other maids teach Makanai about the basic geisha culture, the hard work and effort it takes to be a miku, as well as the customs, rules, and even superstitions that it takes follow. . A: The use of telephones and mascots, as well as in their lives. , emphasizing important aspects of their lives such as breaking up, maintaining friendships, and managing romantic relationships.
Ultimately, Macan is a story about food.
The story of makanai ghar, that is, the food prepared and served in a boarding house, the Kore-Ida team acted out complex food scenes. Food is a central device in most of the director's films and is often used to talk about family. Still Walking started in 2008 when mother and daughter were gardening together. A crowd of suplifters gather at home, he tries to prevent a robbery. In a group of thieves
Other directors working with Kore Eda see the event as a celebration of Japanese food culture. The crowd applauds Ke for his joy in production and people's reaction to the food he prepares. Classmate Takuma Sato said that the series is a reflection of the art of food, clothing, and finding joy in the changing seasons.
Another director of the series, Hiroshi Okayama, read the manga's source material and found it influenced his cooking. "I tried to emulate Kiyo's cooking and choose higher quality ingredients," Hiroshi told TIME.
Hiroshi and Takuma hope that Makanai enjoys the way food is prepared in Japan. "I'm glad the public is paying attention to the aspects of food that make people happy and make me think about what I cook or what I eat," Takuma said.
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