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English commentary (by Paul M. Griffith) English menu, Region Code, All, NTSC. Performed in 1993, 82 minutes. Sagi Musume (The Heron Maiden) (33 mins) portrays the anguish of a maiden's love. The woman is dressed in a pure white kimono and hood with a black sash, the dance includes birdlike movements. Later the teodori or hard dance is performed to popular 18th century songs and there is the catalogue of umbrellas section, where the maiden shields herself with a parasol. Sagi Musume (nagauta) is followed by four more dances to different styles of music ; (jiuta) Kurokami (8 mins), (jiuta) Kanegamisaki (17 mins), (ogie) Inabune (9 mins), (Tokiwazu) Yamamba (15 mins)
