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Hi Chuck,<br>
Tanaka Noboru's 1972 <i>Maruhi Joro seme jigoku</i> has gorgeous scenes
with bunraku dolls and humans, puppeteers, etc. It is a Nikkatsu pink film.<br>
Christine<br>
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Chuck Stephens wrote:<br>
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cite="mida05111b12bb71016147bb@%5B203.107.211.133%5D">I've been writing
something on Kitano's DOLLS, and have been trying to think of other films
which have used the actual puppets of the bunraku theater, and not just the
plays written for it by Chikamatsu. Shinoda's DOUBLE SUICIDE is the only
one that comes immediately to mind. (And am I even recalling that correctly,
or do the puppeteers in that film handle only actual humans? I don't have
a copy of the film with me here to check.)<br>
Can anyone here think of other films that do use actual bunraku puppets right
off the top your heads?<br>
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many thanks<br>
Chuck<br>
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..<br>
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