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Criterion Channel
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7.8
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/111/
78
/124/
4.1
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/18/
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/37/

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
66
7.6
/3750/
69
/47/
71
/62/
3.8
/5504/
100
/7/
84
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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
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.
poster
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65
7.0
/8664/
70
/128/
66
/139/
3.3
/4927/
82
/56/
79
/143/

Sayonara (1957)
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily, a by-the-book officer, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man, Joe Kelly, falls in love with a Japanese woman, Katsumi, and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
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Criterion Channel
77
64
7.3
/3126/
72
/59/
66
/67/
3.8
/4959/
95
/21/
82
/36/

An Actor's Revenge (1963)
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
poster
82
58
8.0
/1521/
66
/13/
86
/10/
3.9
/6242/
100
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Kokuho (2025)
Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of kabuki.
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Amazon Prime Video
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48
5.7
/3666/
60
/83/
56
/86/
3.0
/5038/
58
/110/

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1991)
A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.
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18
5.7
/344/
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/11/
58
/16/
3.2
/1117/

Maple Leaf Viewing (1899)
[…] 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)
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15
6.1
/341/
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/3/
59
/19/
3.3
/590/

The Lion Dance (1936)
The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.
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10
/1/

The Frozen Moment (1964)
Created for the "Esso World Theater" series of films in 1964, it features excerpts from "Bugaku," "Gagaku," "Noh, " and "Kabuki" scenes performed by the well-known dancers, musicians and actors and actresses.
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65
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Murder in a Hell of Oil (2019)
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.
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10
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1927)
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10
/1/

Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (1927)
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10
/1/

Shin Yotsuya Kaidan (1925)
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10
/1/

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan (1927)
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10
/1/

Yotsuya Kaidan Oiwâ (1923)
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10
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1923)
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Netflix
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6.7
/10/
85
/4/

Kabuki Akadō Suzunosuke (2022)
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.
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5.8
/22/
70
/2/
75
/2/

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO (2010)
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.
poster
65
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6.9
/239/
60
/3/
61
/7/
3.5
/311/

Travelling Actors (1940)
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
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6.8
/67/
50
/2/
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An Actor's Revenge (1935)
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
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Shaman Star (2023)
Hanbei (Arata Furuta), the boss of the labor agency Fujitsuboya is known to the underworld as the leader of the 'Last Rite Givers' (Indouya), an organization that deals with disposing of criminals for the sake of the people and society. However, in reality, he is merely a timid and mild-mannered man, too gentle to even harm a fly, whose fearsome appearance is what earned him his position. In both his public and secret life, the true leader is his wife, Oise. One day, a wandering assassin known as the 'mad dog', Yoiyami Ginji (Taichi Saotome), appears—someone who will kill anyone, regardless of who they are, as long as the price is right. Under the orders of the 'Black Blade' gang, who aim to destroy the 'Last Rite Givers' and monopolize the underground business, Ginji awaits to ambush and kill Hanbei. However, at that moment, as if by the curse of the 'Tengosei' star, a violent lightning strike causing the bodies of Hanbei and Ginji to switch.
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Jack the Mouse: Noda Version (2005)
Nezumi, Jack the Mouse is a Japanese urban legend. His passion for money drives a cynical, duplicitous coffin maker to take on Nezumi’s mantle. In this kaleidoscope of disguise and deception, society’s pretenses are destroyed in a melting pot of farce, social satire and courtroom drama. The mighty are brought low to everyone’s delight. Contemporary theatre genius Hideki Noda collaborates with Kabuki theatre at the invitation of celebrated actor Kanzaburo.
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Hot And Cold (2020)
A day in a Hyatt suite gone weird
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Yotsuya Ghost Stories (1936)
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Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan (1937)
N/A
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Oiwa Nagaya (1931)
N/A
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1928)
N/A
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Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story (1932)
N/A
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Iemon (1928)
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1921)
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1921)
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1915)
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Shin Yotsuya Kaidan (1914)
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1913)
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Yotsuya Kaidan (Jitsoroku Oiwa) (1918)
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Yotsuya Kaidan (1911)
Earliest japanese horror film.
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菅原伝授手習鑑 寺子屋 (2004)
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Ehon Taikōki - Amagasaki Kankyo
The play "Ehon Taikōki" was originally written for the puppet theater (Bunraku) and staged for the first time in 1799 in Ōsaka at the Toyotakeza. It was adapted for Kabuki the next year by Nagawa Tokusuke I. The play consisted originally of thirteen acts, one act for each day that passed between Akechi Mitsuhide's murder of Oda Nobunaga and his death at the hand of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The tenth act is the only one which has survived. This act tells of an incident during the battle in which Mitsuhide was finally defeated.
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Cinema Kabuki: Fire Brigade Brawl (2017)
A recording of a play based on a quarrel in the late Edo period of Japan. Recorded in May 2012.


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