Yamanaka Tokiwa:
Into the Picture Scroll‐THE TALE OF YAMANAKA TOKIWA
(c)Kanatasha Inc.
(c)Kanatasha Inc.
- Release Date
- April, 23rd, 2005
- Running Time
- 100 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- -
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- KATAOKA Kyoko ── Tashi
[ Staff ]
- HANEDA Sumiko ── Screenplay
- HANEDA Sumiko ── Editor
- WAKABAYASHI Hiromitsu ── Cinematography
- SODA Kikumatsu ── Cinematography
- TSURUZAWA Seiji ── Composition, Shamisen
- SENBA Kiyohiko ── Sakusho, Kotsuzumi, Uchimono
- TOYOTAKE Rosetayu ── Jojuri
- ASAKURA Setsu ── Design
- TAKAHASHI Aki ── Piano
- TAKIZAWA Osamu ── Recording
- KITA Michie ── Narration
[ Production Company ]
Jiyu Kobo
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Kanatasha
[ Story ]
An adaptation of the 12-volume, 150-meter-long picture scroll of the same name by early-Edo period painter IWASA Matabei, which was in turn based on a popular bunraku puppet play. Panning slowly sideways, the camera captures in rigorous detail the action of the scroll, dynamically recounting the tale of filial love between Ushiwaka-maru and his mother Lady Tokiwa, whose death the young samurai sets out to avenge. From initial conception (though Haneda had yet to choose which picture scroll she would film), the project was thirty-seven years in the making, thus representing the culmination of Haneda's art films. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the charm of Japan's traditional arts, with narration by joruri singer TOYOTAKE Rosetayu and music composed by shamisen performer and Living National Treasure TSURUSAWA Seiji.
Written by TAMADA Kenta
Reference: National Film Archive of Japan screening program
Translated by Adam Sutherland
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2005 Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum of New Cinema)
2005 San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema)
2005 Festival of the 3 Continents (documentary competition)
[ Contact (International) ]
Kanatasha Inc.
E-mail: kanatasha0519@gmail.com
https://kanatasha.com
