Special Screening: Kurama Tengu

  • Thursday, May 31, 17:00 Mousonturm Studio 1
  • 鞍馬天狗
    Kurama tengu
  • Japan 1928, DVD, 75 min, Japanese intertitles with German subtitles
  • Director: Teppei YAMAGUCHI
  • Script: Fujio KIMURA based on a novel by Jiro OSARAGI
  • Production: Arashi Kanjuro Production
  • Camera: Tokitsu ISHIKAWA
  • Cast: Kanjuro ARASHI, Takesaburo NAKAMURA, Tokusho ARASHI

Teppei YAMAGUCHI’s adaptation of the hero Kurama Tengu’s adventures ranks among the classics of Japanese silent films. NIPPON CONNECTION will present this historical rarity accompanied by the famous benshi Ichiro KATAOKA and the musicians Ayumi KAMIYA (piano), Yasumi MIYAZAWA (shamisen), and Masayoshi TANAKA (drum). Together, they founded the renowned Association of Silent Film Performers.

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