SHISASUta no GenbaRef: FSV5641 Price: £19.99
Was £29.99. Various live footage of Shisas shot between 1997 and 2003, and dedicated to one half of the female duo, Yoshie Uno, who died in 2009. 1. Hiyamikachi Bushi, Keibin Tetsudo no Uta (Tabunka Kyosei Festival - Tokyo, August 2003) 2. Chikutanume, Inashiri Bushi (Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri - Tokyo, July 2000) 3. Toichinsa, Shinkawa Kodaijin (Manda-La 2 - Tokyo, January 1999) 4. Urayama Rap (Electric Church Love - Tokyo, August 2001) 5. Yoochiire, Shisas no Theme (Star Pine's Cafe - Tokyo, February 1998) 6. Agari Kuduchi (Dogura - Tokyo, February 1999) 7. Umi no Sasakusa, Nakasato Bushi, Mamidooma - Kuichabuduri, Yakko Oodori (Okierabu, Kagoshima - September 2003) 8. Tokyo Ondo (Shinjuku Natsu Matsuri, August 1997) 9. Asadoya Yunta (Etsunen Live - Tokyo, December 1997) 10. Asadoya Yunta, Choshi Tairyo Bushi, Yakko Odori, Kudaka Manju Nushi, Suuri Higashi (Narita Toho Bon Oodori - Chiba, August 1997) 11. Okinawa no Doyo Medley, Don Don Bushi, Inashiri Bushi, Taramayuu, Komehiki Uta, Yakko Oodori, Shisas no Theme (Yokohama Kotobuki-cho Free Concert - Kanagawa, August 2000) "
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TOMOKO UEHARA with RINKEN BANDAjimaa No UtaRef: FSV2334 Price: £24.99
Was £39.99. Documentary of singer Tomoko Uehara, Teruya Rinken and his band, Rinken Band with the main focus on the musical background of Uehara. Directed by Shinji Aoyama, the well known young film director who made the acclaimed 'Yuriika'. Comes with English subtitles.
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SANDIISandii's Beautiful Hula - AuanaRef: FSV2186a Price: £24.99
Was £36.99. Sandii sings and performs mainly auana (modern hula) in repertoire ranging from Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby to Japanese stars Southern All Stars. So you have 'Blue Hawaii', 'My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii' 'To you Sweet Heart Aloha', 'Pua Kea' and 'Manatsu No Kajitsu'. Also features footage of Sandii recording with top Japanese / Hawaiian musician, Herb Ohta.
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KINTARO SAKURAMA, RYUMA SAKURAMA, ARATA HOSHO + MICHIO SAKURAMA, SHIGEYOSHI MORI, KAN HOSHO, MINEO KABURAKIAoi no Ue, SanemoriRef: FSV3664 Price: £29.99
Was £45.99. 89 minutes, Region Code 2, NTSC. Black and White. This DVD features a classic version of the classic play Aoi no Ue (Lady Aoi), filmed in 1936, performed by actors from the Konparu school; Kintaro Sakurama, Ryuma Sakurama and Arata Hosho. Aoi no Ue (Lady Aoi) is from the fourth category of noh plays, Zatsu Mono. It is based on Genji Monogatari, sometimes called the world's first novel, being finished in 1004. Lady Aoi who is pregnant with Genji's child, lies on her deathbed close to death (represented by a robe placed at the front of the stage). A shaman summons the spirit that is possessing her, and Princess Rokujo appears, filled with jealousy as she was a former lover of Genji. The Saint of Yokawa (a Buddhist mountain ascetic) is fetched as the shaman is powerless, and Rokujo's spirit becomes afraid eventually finding peace and enlightenment. Sanemori was filmed in 1967, also featuring actors of the Konparu school, including National Treasure Michio Sakurama (1897-1983), Shigeyoshi Mori, Kan Hosho and Mineo Kaburaki.
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MANZABURO UMEWAKA I, ROPPEITA KITA XIV, SUSUMU TAKAHASHI, MANZABURO UMEWAKA II, YAICHI HOUSHO, KOJI KIHARA etc...Collection of Shimai, Dokugin, Iccho, MaibayashiRef: FSV3215 Price: £29.99
Was £45.99. Region Code 2, NTSC. Collection of very rare films. Maibayashi is an abbreviated style of noh, featuring only the shite or lead role, chorus and hayashi. Matsukaze is performed as maibayashi by the great actor of the Kanze School Manzaburo Umewaka I (1868-1946) who played a very active roll over three different periods, the Meiji, Taisho and Showa. Matsukaze (Pining Wind) is about a wandering priest who arrives at the Bay of Suma, and notices a solitary pine tree with a sign and a poem attached to its branches. A villager tells of two sisters who once lived there, one of who was called Matsukaze, the other Murasame. The spirits of the sisters appear in front of the priest and tell of their longing for the courier Ariwara no Yukihara who was exiled to Suma, but had returned to the capital and soon after died. The pine tree represents Yukihara, and the sisters ask the priest to comfort them through prayers. Shimai is also an abbreviated style of noh and Funa Benkei (Benkei aboard Ship) is performed by Roppeita Kita XIV of the Kita School . The play depicts an episode in the life of the brilliant young Genji commander Yoshitsune. Another Shimai 'Ugetsu' is performed by Susumu Takahashi of the Housho School. A dokugin 'Tenko' is performed by Manzaburo Umewaka II of the Kanze School and an Iccho 'Kazuraki' by Koji Kihara and others of the Kanze School.
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