Category Kabuki

17th Century, Bunraku, Children, Cinema, Drama, Feudalism, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Kabuki, Poverty, Prostitution, Road Movie, Samurai, Theater, Tragedy, Uncategorized

The Horse Boy (Abarenbō kaidō; 暴れん坊街道), 1957)

Picture of a surprised-looking Japanese man, shown against a dark (night) background, wearing clothing from Japan's feudal era

Alternate Titles: Horse Boy; Hooligans’ Highway (literal English title); La Route des malandrins (literal French title) Production Company Toei (Kyoto) Scenarist Yoda Yoshikata Original Draft (uncredited) Hirata Kenzo (see Notes on the Production below) Sources The Night Song of Yosaku…

RebelJack
September 15, 2024

Bunraku, Japan, Kabuki, Merchants, Osaka, Prostitution, Theater, Uncategorized

Chikamatsu’s Love in Osaka (Naniwa no koi no monogatari; 浪花の恋の物語), 1959

Other titles: Their Own World (alternate English title); Naniwa Love Story, Story of a Love in Naniwa [i.e., Osaka] (literal English titles) Production Company Tōei (Kyoto) Scenarist Narusawa Masashige Producer Okawa Hiroshi Source The Courier for Hell (Meido no Hikyaku…

RebelJack
August 14, 2021
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Architecture, Bunraku, Cinema, Foxes, Japan, Kabuki, Madness, Uncategorized

The Mad Fox (Koiya koi nasuna koi; 恋や恋なすな恋), 1962

photo of a young man and woman from 10th Century Japan embracing

Other titles: Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow; Forbidden Love, Love Not Again (alternate English titles); Love, love, don’t play with love (approximate literal English title); La renarde folle [“the mad fox”] (Venice Film Festival French-language title); La volpe folle [“the…