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Silent Movie

サイレントムービー

Director: KAWATA Masamichi (川田真理), HIROHARA Satoru (廣原暁), GOKAN Hiroshi (後閑広)

2022|Japan|56min|Language: Japanese|Subtitles: English

Date Time Venue Guest
3/16 Thu 15:05 The National Museum of Art (*admission free)
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Synopsis

A collection of 11 silent shorts produced by nine students and three alumni of the Tokyo University of the Arts' Film Department, ranging from a period drama based on the screenplay for YAMANAKA Sadao's first film, "Iso no Genta: Dakine no Nagawakizashi," which became a legend in the history of silent film, to a comedy, thriller, and animation. KATAOKA Ichiro, a benshi (benshi is a Japanese wordplay narrator), provides the live narration for all the shorts. Here is a new silent movie for our time.

[Jason MAHER]

Ep1: GENTARO ISONO ‒ The Gambler’s Embrace / Ep2: WONDERING SHIBUYA RENDEVOUS / Ep3: The voice that must be obeyed / Ep4: DAWN / Ep5: SLUG / Ep6: IʼLL NEVER LET YOU GO / Ep 7: HEALING / Ep8: Eat and Away / Ep9: MICROWAVE DAD / Ep10: THE GREAT MONSTER REGALION / Ep11: THE TALE OF THE MONSTER RAT ‒ Yoritomo Vanishes ‒

Actor KAWAGUCHI Hiroaki (河口博昭), AOYAMA Ikuhiko (青山郁彦)
Director KAWATA Masamichi (川田真理)
Producer FUJIMOTO Kaede (藤本楓)