Tokio 1988: Kikunosuke Onoue, der Adoptivsohn eines berühmten Schauspielers, entdeckt, dass nur deshalb für seine Leistung gelobt wird, weil er einen berühmten Vater hat. Hinter seinem Rücken lästern seine Kollegen jedoch über ihn. Die einzige Person, die ehrlich zu ihm ist, ist Otoku. Sie ist die Amme des leiblichen Kindes seines Vaters. Doch dann wird Otoku von der Familie entlassen und Kikunosuke darf sie nicht mehr sehen.
Korea, 1951: Major Lloyd Gruver begibt sich mit seinem Piloten Kelly auf den japanischen Stützpunkt in Kobe. Kelly will dort eine Japanerin heiraten, wofür der Major kein Verständnis aufbringt. Dann lernt er die Tänzerin Hana-Ogi kennen und verliebt sich in sie. Doch die Japanerin erwidert sein Werben nicht. -
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 mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
Der Polizist des NYPD Harry Griswald ist vom Geist eines mächtigen Kabuki-Meisters besessen, der ihn als "Auserwählten" dem "Teuflischen" gegenüber stellt. Mit Hilfe seiner Superkräfte soll er gegen das Böse, in Form von verdorbenen Menschen innerhalb der Gesellschaft, antreten.
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, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.
Two young swordsmen, Akado Suzunosuke and Tatsumaki Rainoshin, arrive at the city of Edo in their quest to test and improve their skills. Soon they become involved in a conflict against a mysterious group of demonic criminals led by the king of hell, Taira no Masakado — a strugle to which both were destined since the moment they were born.
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.
Based on a true incident, this is a timeless story of a hot-headed young man who rebels against his parents and is forced into desperate straits, eventually losing himself in madness.
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
During an interview, Tadashi, a young Spanish-Japanese actor who plays female characters in a theatrical practice similar to kabuki, will return to the past to relive his most intimate memories.
[…] A reel was shot of the Noh drama Momiji-gari (Maple Leaf Hunters, or Viewing Scarlet Maple Leaves), in which Danjuro played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V (1844-1903) as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess Sarashina. Filmed by Shibata Tsunekichi in the open air on a windy day in November 1899, Danjuro would allow only the one take, so that when his fan blew away in mid-performance the scene had to stay. The film re-emerged at the Kikikan theatre in 1907 where it was a great success and inspired a wave of fiction filmmaking based on traditional Japanese narratives. (cont. http://victorian-cinema.net/danjuro)