AV# 66484
Kabuki Dance: 4. Kagamijishi



Digital Video Disc - 1 hour, 26 minutes - Color - 1993



Three kabuki dances featuring Onnagata performer Bando Tamasaburo: Kanaya Tanzen (13 minutes) an Ogie-bushi School dance about young men comparing their looks and style, Kosu no To ( The Reed Screen ) (11 min.) a dance to a Jiuta song composed by an 18th century geisha and traditionally sung by women, and Kagami Jishi ( Lion Dance ) (62 minutes) in which a young woman dancer becomes possessed by a lion spirit. Letterboxed; DVD includes English commentary by Paul M. Griffith, Japanese subtitles.


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