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KABUKI-ZA: Final Curtain
- 原題
- わが心の歌舞伎座
- Original Title
- Waga Kokoro no Kabuki-za
- Production Year
- 2010
- Running Time
- 160min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Director
- Sokichi SOGAWA(十河壯吉)
- Introduction
- Dramatic, emotional, and aesthetically beautiful. Welcome to the last day of Kabuki theater.
- Synopsis
- For the first time ever, the camera takes you inside and backstage of the historical Kabuki-za Theater, the main home ground of the Kabuki performance in Tokyo.
The Kabuki-za (the 4th generation building - rebuilt after WWII) will end its years of history on April 2010, to be closed for 4 years to be renovated to a new building. 11 main actors, who had grew up on stage of the Kabuki-za navigates us into the heart of the theater, looking back at the best performances ever, the players, the background creation of the stage, and the last day of Kabuki-za. A Kabuki version of "That's Entertainment!" this would be a documentary that would take you to the world of Kabuki like you have never experienced.