Product Description
With English and Japanese subtitles, English text, high quality wide screen and multi angle. Region Code 2. Two Nights of Noh performance by two young stars, Mansai Nomura and Yoshimasa Kanze in collaboration with Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) of Sogetsu school by Akane Kushigawara. Dojoji (The Temple of Dojoji) is set at the temple in modern day Wakayama Prefecture and centres around a new bell for the temple. The highlight of the play is the ranbyoshi (mad rhythm) dance which gradually increases in tempo, while the chorus and dancer describe the origin of the temple, and the spring evening with cherry blossoms. Special feature has interviews with the performers and a guide to the costumes. Performed in Sapporo, Hokkaido. 95 minutes plus special features 60 minutes.
