Sakuran

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Sakuran
Cover of the first Japanese manga volume
さくらん
Manga
Written by	Moyoco Anno
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Vertical Inc
Magazine	Evening
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2001 – 2003
Volumes	1
Live-action film
Directed by	Mika Ninagawa
Produced by	Fellah Pictures
Written by	Yuki Tanada
Music by	Shiina Ringo
Released	February 24, 2007
Runtime	111 minutes

Sakuran (さくらん, lit. "Derangement"), is a Japanese manga series by Moyoco Anno. The manga is about a girl who goes through different names throughout the story and becomes a tayū, or high ranking oiran (courtesan). North American publisher Vertical Inc published it in English in July 2012.^[1]