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Bunraku (also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃)) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century, which is still performed in the modern day.
Bunraku, Japanese traditional puppet theatre in which half-life-size dolls act out a chanted dramatic narrative, called jōruri, to the accompaniment of a small samisen (three-stringed Japanese lute).
Nov 30, 2011 · Bunraku: Directed by Guy Moshe. With Josh Hartnett, Gackt, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman. The story of a a young man who has spent his life searching for revenge only to find himself up against a bigger challenge than he originally bargained for.
Jun 1, 2021 · Bunraku (文楽) is a classical form of Japanese puppet theater using rhythmic chanting, and traditional music. Luckily, you don’t need to understand Japanese to experience it; bunraku relies heavily on visuals and sounds to tell stories, so it can be enjoyed by speakers of any language.
Bunraku (文楽) is the traditional puppet theater of Japan. It started of as popular entertainment for the commoners during the Edo Period (1603-1868) in Osaka and evolved into artistic theater during the late 17th century.
Bunraku (pronounced boon-rakoo) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre characterized by almost life-sized puppets accompanied by narrative chanting and shamisen music (a shamisen is a traditional Japanese string instrument).
Bunraku is one of Japan's representative traditional theater arts for adults, inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is a closely collaborative form which synchronizes narrative recitation, shamisen music and puppetry in performance.
Aug 17, 2011 · A mysterious drifter (Josh Hartnett) and an ardent young Japanese warrior Yoshi (Gackt) both arrive in a town that has been terrorized by outrageous...
With bunraku, no catharsis or self-pity, no identification or approximation, only what is born in the viewer: one attends, but the hermetic techniques that are far enough away that one discovers from the inclination to identify with the characters or the plot.
Bunraku, Japanese puppet theater, is an unusually complex dramatic form, a collaborative effort among puppeteers, narrators, and musicians.
