The Best Selection of Bunraku - Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees Vol.3

The Best Selection of Bunraku - Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees Vol.3
MOJIHISADAYU TAKEMOTO, SEITARO TSURUZAWA, SAKIDAYU TOYOTAKE, DANSHICHI TAKESAWA AND OTHERS
£45.99
OUT OF STOCKSKU: FSV5426

Product Description

With English subtitles and liner notes. NTSC, Region Code 2. 157 minutes. Vol. 3 is of the following acts; Shii no Ki , Koganego Toshi and Sushiya. Performed in 1991 by Mojihisadayu Takemoto, Seitaro Tsuruzawa, Sakidayu Toyotake, Danshichi Takesawa and others. Sushiya (The Sushi Shop) is a famous act, during which the Heike general Koremori is disguised as the apprentice Yasuke working at the sushi shop of Yazaemon. This is an example of 'jitsu wa' - reality, of which a subcategory is Yatsushi or 'disguise'. Not knowing who Yasuke is, Yazaemon's daughter has fallen in love with him.