Zessho Rokyoku Story
With Each Passing Breath
(c)Passo Passo + Atiqa Kawakami
(c)Passo Passo + Atiqa Kawakami
(c)Passo Passo + Atiqa Kawakami
(c)Passo Passo + Atiqa Kawakami
(c)Passo Passo + Atiqa Kawakami
- Release Date
- July, 1st, 2023
- Running Time
- 111 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- KAWAKAMI Atiqa ── Cinematography
- KAWAKAMI Takuya ── Sound
- KAWAKAMI Atiqa ── Editor
- HATA Takeshi ── Editor
- NISHIDA Yoshiyuki ── Colorist
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
TOFOO
[ Story ]
This documentary follows the development of Minatoya Kosome, who fell in love with and became an apprentice of Rōkyoku (traditional Japanese narrative singing) master Minatoya Koryu. Director Kawakami Atiqa, who directed the short film Minatoya Koryu IN-TUNE in 2015, took eight years to complete the film.
In the world of Rōkyoku, where old-time lovers and new fans mingle, Rōkyoku performers and songwriters born in the Heisei period have grown up, and the number of female performers has increased. The film follows the succession of the art form from veteran to young performer through Kosome's apprenticeship under Minatoya Koryu, who is known as a "legendary master of the art" and with an ageing but close-knit dedicated community -- a comforting refuge from the stifling rigidity of contemporary Japanese society.
[ Official Site ]
[ Contact (International) ]
KAWAKAMI Atiqa
Attn: KAWAKAMI Atiqa
tel: +81 90 9205 5539
E-mail: atiqakawakami@gmail.com
