bunraku in film

Chuck Stephens cougar71 at well.com
Tue Aug 26 08:26:03 EDT 2003


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.)
Can anyone here think of other films that do use actual bunraku 
puppets right off the top your heads?

many thanks
Chuck


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