GKIDS is bringing the Japanese animated feature Miss Hokusai to Los Angeles and New York theaters beginning October 14, followed by a North American expansion (see cities here).
The English-subbed trailer for the film is below:
Directed by Keiichi Hara (Colorful, Summer Days with Coo) and produced by Ghost in the Shell maker Production I.G, the historical coming-of-age tale relays the story of O-Ei, the daughter of Japanese illustration legend Hokusai, responsible for creating the iconic Edo-era woodblock print series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.” Although the film takes dramatic liberties with the story of O-Ei and her famous father, the set-up is accurate in that O-Ei was an artist and worked as a production assistant in her father’s art studio. Per the synopsis: