Based on the novel by Yoshikazu Fujimoto, a screenwriter-turned-novelist who was an apprentice to Yuzo Kawashima, which, in turn, is partially based on the life of the rakugo artist Beikyo Katsura the 2nd (1860-1904), “Song of the Exile” is another unique production by Atg, as it actually follows the “recipe” of the particular art. Rakugo is the traditional Japanese art of storytelling. The stories are also called rakugo and they are performed by professional narrators called rakugoka or hanashika. The customary place where rakugo stories are told is the vaudeville-type variety hall called the yose.
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Bakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugoka, who tries desperately to make it in the field but fails, during a time when cholera was devastating the country. Rokyu, on the other hand, a more senior performer, is rather successful and actually wants...
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Bakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugoka, who tries desperately to make it in the field but fails, during a time when cholera was devastating the country. Rokyu, on the other hand, a more senior performer, is rather successful and actually wants...
- 9/9/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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