This is a film blog, right, so why I am writing about a kabuki play? I don’ｔ know much about kabuki, really. I learned a bit about it in a theater or literature class or two and have been to a few one act performances at Kabuki-za over the years, by myself and with visiting family from abroad. I even… Read more →
Tag: Kenji Mizoguchi
Silent Film Retrospective at the National Film Center
The English title of the upcoming silent film retrospective at the National Film Center in Kyobashi is Silent Film Renaissance 2017. The Japanese title シネマの冒険 闇と音楽 2017 — Cinema Adventure Darkness and Music 2017 — seems more evocative, considering all six films will have one screening with live musical accompaniment. Two of the films will also have live narration performed by a… Read more →