Platform: Netflix.
Hirokazu Kore-age · Japan · 2023 · Interpreters: Mayu Matsuoka, Ai Hashimoto, Nana Mori…
A series directed for Netflix by the Japanese Hirokazu Kore-eda? Well yes. Based on the best-selling manga by Aiko Koyama, Makanai: THE COOK OF THE MAIKO, It consists of eight chapters and tells us the story of two girls, You and Sumire, who move from their hometown to the city of Kyoto to become maikos, geisha apprentices. In chapters with small self-conclusive arguments, The series recounts this process of transformation of the two girls that coincides with their maturation process.. Background, Master Kore-eda's delicate character work, so tender... and the light. One falls in love with these spaces. G.LEON
