MIZOGUCHI
KENJI
Japan
1933
Screenplay Higashibojo Yasunaga, Masuda Shinji, Tateoka Kannosuke nach einer Vorlage von Izumi Kyoka
Camera Miki Shigeru
Benshi (Erzähler) Matsuda Shunsui
Actors
Irie Takako, Okada Tokihiko, Sugai Ichiro, Murata Koju, Urabe Kumeko
Production
Irie Production
Distribution
Digital Meme
Yushin Building Shinkan 12F
3-27-11 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0002, Japan
T +81 3 5467 47 29
info@digital-meme.com
Video (Digi Beta)/Black-and-white
OmeU
98
minutes
Features
| | TAKI NO SHIRAITO THE WATER MAGICIAN
In Japan, silent film screening theaters had very lively atmospheres. A door man would shout to call in people, and sweets vendors loudly advertised "Rice crackers! Caramels!" during intermission. Once the screening started, a band played music in front of the screen, and it was often a unique orchestra with both western and Japanese instruments. Also, there was a benshi, motion picture narrator, close to the screen. The narrators not only spoke the lines for the actors, but also told the story dramatically. |
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