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Title: Lion in the Mirror (1936)
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Kikugoro Onoe | ... | Yayoi / Shishi no sei (as Rokudaime Onoe Kikugorou) |
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Kinjirou Onoe | ... | Kochou |
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Shigeru Onoe | ... | Kochou |
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Wafuu Matsunaga | ... | Nagauta - Uta |
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Shinzou Fujita | ... | Nagauta - Uta |
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Izaburou Kashiwa | ... | Nagauta - Shamisen |
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Tazaemon Morotsuki | ... | Nagauta - Taiko |
| Junji Masuda | ... | Roudoku (voice) | |
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A short documentary about a great Kabuki dancer.
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29 June 1936 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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This short documentary by Ozu was intended to present the artistry ofkabuki dancer Kikugoro Onoe IV to both Japanese and foreign audiences. A voice-over narration introduces Kikugoro as well as the dance he performs in the film's second half, in which a young girl is transformed into a resplendent lion (the imagery of which apparently inspired Jean Cocteau as he conceived his own BEAUTY AND THE BEAST). Watching Kikugoro imitate the gestures of a demure maiden you see how he deserved his fame. Ozu shoots the performance in three simple set-ups: a roving frontal shot of the performers on stage, an angled shot from the side of the stage, and an angled longshot that acknowledges the presence of the audience in a way that is unmistakably Ozu.