bunraku in film

[Christine Marran]

Hi Chuck,
Tanaka Noboru's 1972 Maruhi  Joro seme jigoku has gorgeous scenes with 
bunraku dolls and humans, puppeteers, etc.  It is a Nikkatsu pink film.
Christine

Chuck Stephens wrote:

> 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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