Must end Thursday, Nov. 3 -- don't miss this animated gem!

NOTE: MISS HOKUSAI will be presented primarily in its orignal Japanese version. However, for those who prefer it, we will screen the English-language version four times only: 5pm Sat 10/22, 2pm Sun 10/23, 5:30pm Wed 10/26, and 5:30pm Thu 10/27.

All other showtimes will be in original Japanese with English subtitles.

"Gorgeous! A poetic wonder!" -The Hollywood Reporter

"Shines as an example of one creative soul paying tribute to another! A stellar example of the oft-cited principle that animation is an art form, not a genre." -Variety

"A work of beauty and intellect! Yokai spirits, buddha and dragons hiding in wind-storms heighten the periphery of how an artist might see the world." -Screen Anarchy

From award-winning director Keiichi Hara ("Colorful") and Japanese powerhouse Production I.G (creators of "Ghost in the Shell") comes a remarkable story of the daughter behind one of history's most famous artists.

As all of Edo flocks to see the work of the revered painter Hokusai, his daughter O-Ei toils diligently inside his studio. Her masterful portraits, dragons and erotic sketches--sold under the name of her father--are coveted by upper crust Lords and journeyman print makers alike. Shy and reserved in public, in the studio O-Ei is as brash and uninhibited as her father, smoking a pipe while sketching drawings that would make contemporary Japanese ladies blush. But despite this fiercely independent spirit, O-Ei struggles under the domineering influence of her father and is ridiculed for lacking the life experience that she is attempting to portray in her art. Miss Hokusai‘s bustling Edo (present day Tokyo) is filled with yokai spirits, dragons, and conniving tradesmen, while O-Ei's relationships with her demanding father and blind younger sister provide a powerful emotional underpinning to this sumptuously-animated coming-of-age tale. Mature content: recommended for older teens.