Goro Taniguchi, director of 2022¡¯s massive hit ¡°One Piece Film: Red,¡± is back in cinemas with ¡°Samurai Ballerina: L¡¯etoile de Paris en fleur,¡± an original anime film with a setting not often seen in Japanese animation.
The film takes place in the early 1910s, when Japan is emerging as a major player on the world stage, and centers on two young Japanese women, Fujiko (voiced by Ami Toma) and Chizuru (Lina Arashi), who have fallen hard for Western-style painting and ballet, respectively. Despite the disapproval of their families and the skepticism of those who doubt anyone from Asia could master Western artforms, the pair chase their dreams all the way to Paris.
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