The Frozen Moment at Fmovies. Created for the "Esso World Theater" series of films in 1964, it features excerpts from "Bugaku," "Gagaku," "Noh, " and "Kabuki" scenes performed by the well-known dancers, musicians and actors and actresses.
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The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.
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An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
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Nezumi, Jack the Mouse is a Japanese urban legend. His passion for money drives a cynical, duplicitous coffin maker to take on Nezumi’s mantle....
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In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
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A recording of a play based on a quarrel in the late Edo period of Japan. Recorded in May 2012.
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Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the...
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In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...
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In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute,...
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A reel of the Noh drama Momiji-gari, in which Danjuro Ichikawa played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess...
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An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...
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A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.