Onnagata on film

[Melek Ortabasi]

Hi Anne,

Ohisashiburi! I'm not sure if you want films on the subject of 
onnagata, or just films with onnagata in them. I know of a couple 
that fit into the latter category.

The silent chambara film, Shibukawa Bangorô (1926, dir. Tsukiyama 
Kôkichi), uses oyama for all its female roles.
There's also Mizoguchi's Zangiku monogatari (1939) about a struggling 
young Kabuki actor who appears onstage as an onnagata in a couple of 
scenes. So a different use here.

Anyway, HTH
Melek

>I wondered if anyone might be able to suggest any images, scenes, or even
>outright films available on onnagata. The only one that comes to mind right
>off is Black Lizard, with Miwa Akihiro. But I may be forgetting even the
>obvious...
>Thanks for any leads!
>Anne


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Melek Ortabasi
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Literature
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY