The Written Face
1995-09-01 | 89 minutes
Plot Summary
In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in the West, but tries to capture her significance. He need not stick close to his model, but draws far more from his own identity - a shift of value takes place, which is nonetheless not a step beyond. THE WRITTEN FACE is an attempt to offer an insight into the Japanese Kabuki star Tamasaburo Bando, one of the last defenders of this ancient and disappearing performing tradition.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Chronique paysanne en Gruyère
-
L'homme des casernes
-
Armand Schulthess - J'ai le téléphone
-
Life in Progress
-
Meerdolen
-
Ho und Überall
-
Kick That Habit
-
Raving Iran
-
Frau Mercedes
-
Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument
-
Lucie et Maintenant
-
Far from the Villages
-
Dutti der Riese
-
Tosca's Kiss
-
Into Great Silence
-
Kill Hitler
-
Der Imker
-
Desert: Who Is the Man?
-
A l'ombre de la montagne
-
À l'Ouest du Pecos