bunraku in film

[Bernardi-Buralli]

Wow!  A Nikkatsu pink film with bunraku puppets got my attention!

A film that might also be helpful is Kurisaki Midori's version of "Sonezaki
Shinju (Love Suicides at Sonezaki), photographed by Miyagawa Kazuo and using
puppets and handlers in a natural rather than theatrical setting. It was a
long time ago that I saw it, and I remember it as being, well, certainly
different. It's essentially the puppets "doing" the play, but not in the
usual stage setting. If it is of any use, I saw it at the NY Japan Society
sometime in the early 1980s (I have the film notes in front of me but
unfortunately no dates), with Miyagawa present for two screenings.

Joanne bernardi

From: Christine Marran <marran at umn.edu>
Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:32:03 -0500
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: bunraku in film


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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