Just looked and I have the dvd if you want to borrow it for comparison.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Junkerman John <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtj@rf7.so-net.ne.jp">jtj@rf7.so-net.ne.jp</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hey Markus,</div><div><br></div><div>I think this is a reference to the Kabuki play "Kanjincho" (The Subscription List). Benkei and Yoshitsune get through a checkpoint disguised as Buddhist priests, but since they're only in disguise, the "subscription list" Benkei reads from is actually blank. After they're let through the checkpoint, the chorus sings</div>
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</span></span></div><br><div><div>On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:22 AM, Nornes, Markus wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">In Kurosawa's Men Who Tread, there is a scene where Okochi Denjiro takes out a scroll, unravels it and reads it. However, Enoken is thrown for a loop when he sees that the paper is completely blank, which the camera dramatically emphasizes with a wonderful truck up and around the scroll. <div>
<br></div><div>Is this a convention of Noh or Kabuki performance, writing not being necessary because of the formalist nature of the dramaturgy? Or is it a reference to a specific play (or plays?)?</div><div><br></div><div>
I have heard of Chinese opera films with the same phenomenon. Can anyone think of other examples?</div><div><br></div><div>Markus<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div> <div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
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