Tamasaburo "Inabune" 坂東玉三郎 「稲舟」

[MusicAmidstTheTrees]

Incredibly sad, but beautiful...

[lukkha1]

e swan as we call Mr/Mrs Tamasaburo in japan is pure magic. he is an actual national and world treasure. it is hard to beleive anyone could ever dance better. he is not a man not a woman he is the perfect incaration of any character he impersonates. and like the swan no matter how fast his feet are moving underwater all we can see is him sliding silently and so it seems effortlessly on the water.

[bijoulovesboss]

I have seen him live. He was incredible.

[SammySamungSan]

I'm so confused :/

This is dancing? ㅋㅋㅋ

[YukioSnowoBloom]

@SammySamungSan, its, rather, an expression of grace & perfection. The word "dance" can mean many things. It is foolish to see dance through a thin tunnel, as just the jumping and swinging that the western world calls dance. "dance" is in general, an expression through moments of the body.

[FadedSilkandGhosts]

@SammySamungSan

No. This is Kabuki. Something else entirely. An art form that utilizes music, meaningful gestures, poetry, allusion, costume symbolism, etc. It's more complex than it looks and worth some investigation if you care to learn. It is hard for a foreigner to wrap their head around perhaps, but not impossible, you only need to be open minded enough to see it is merely a different form of artistic expression and quite beautiful. You never know, with a little learning you might like it.

[MrErniepage]

this reminds me of a students last dance, flawless and beautiful.

[Turuntai]

вот для такого изящества линий и создаются форматы высокого качества.

[SilverFoxfire]

Thank you so much for all of your information... Every time I tried to find out if the narration was hard set into the DVDs, I couldn't find it. :) So thanks to your comment below that we can choose to turn it off; I've gone ahead and bought it. <3

[hihikitty101]

she looks like a painting or the one doll i once had

[ladyinblacklace]

Absolutely stunning!I'm beyond amazed with these dances!Thank you so much for sharing!

[Ramanujan88]

Sorry, is this a part of documentary or a series of documentaries? I'm finding a bunch of clips on Kabuki with this same narrator, but does anyone know the name of the whole thing together?? Please, I'm trying to locate it.

[tiffenakou]

it is from a DVD set titled "Bando Tamasaburo Kabuki Dance Series".

[alixinthemiddle]

how sad and beautiful...

[lordhate69]

That is a man, only men can dance kabuki.

[angelparfait]

Yes, this is a man, but you are wrong. Women invented kabuki and were the stars until they were banned from performing in public for a few hundred years. Geisha perform kabuki dances in private. The laws have lifted, anyway. Women are allowed and do dance public kabuki performances now.

[teufelstaub]

Bando sama is so poignant and exquisite!

[bloodymissb]

I enjoy this much more than any other form of theater, so much of the story is not necessarily what is expressed, but sometimes I think what is not so obvious. You have room in which to feel her pain and longing, and I think that's how I find this more moving than any sort of western/european theater. Much more sorrowful and beautiful. Tamasaburo is absolutely thrilling to watch.

[Physdelicdreaming]

Hey, me too.

I find Kabuki so intriguing because it uses movement to express words and emotions, the way I like to dance and/or dance to be. When I look at the dancer(s), I can understand what they are saying to me. Sometimes, some dance I cannot understand what they are saying to me, because it is incoherent and all over the place. And Kabuki is so beautifully simple in many ways - such as the music never overpowers the dance, but enhances it. :)

[artofmarty]

where can I buy this on dvd

[KibaSan1234]

I like the subtitles, since i dont speak japanese and i dont know what the hand gestures mean i find them quite helpful

[JayJei22]

i agree the subtitles are very helpful...this is so beautiful

[oyealove]

I personally find the narration very distracting and clouding of the raw experience. The music and video are great.

[iysum]

Totally agreed. Should put subtitle of lyric instead.

[beercaked]

the narration is very helpful, please post more of these if you have them!

[bloodymissb]

Yes, I'm enjoying these very much and can't thank you enough for putting them up. If you'd be willing to share more, I'd be absolutely overjoyed to watch them. :)

[KantilenG]

i love it

[song32290]

The narration helps me a lot!

Thank YOU! its so wonderful ^^

[dqdikidkey]

why didnt they use subtitle instead? the narrator is quite disturbing, covering the background music. I feel like being disturbed by talking-person while watching live classical music performance. But, it gave me alot info though, i juz dont like the way its done. im a big fans of 坂東玉三郎！ XD

[Fishroads]

where can I watch Tamasaburo as an Oiran please

[kyonokana]

sugoooooooooiiiiiiiii

[xxliew]

I despise the narrator's voice. Freakingly annoying. The dance is extremely beautiful though.

[sleeplessintokyo]

he adds important info.

[MommaFairy28]

It annoys me too, they couldn't find something more suited to the dancing, but if it gets annoying to you, like it does me from time to time, then I just mute it and watch the dance. But I agree with your post and the reply.

[RavynneRune]

then turn your sound off and stop whining :P

[Sefardi123]

It's hard to believe this is a MALE dancer...

[migencluz]

@Sefardi123 it would be if you are not familiar with kabuki... hahaha he doesn't have any obvious humps

[mlkths]

perfection...look at the lines of the costume when she is dancing...the moves are exquisite...extraordinary

[NeoUnder]

he's an amazing dancer, yes.

[siemr3]

beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!!!

[jhordan77]

brilliant performance

[janisjai]

WoW! That was BEAUTIFUL!

[ittsuka]

i like it..... it's so beautiful...... arigatou 4 uploading this video.....

[wolifgang]

brilliant talent

[phaedra108]

Thanks for posting this!! I love watching him dance, and I appreciate the commentary. My japanese isn't so good. :-)

[blueagle2007]

Tamasaburo one of Japans national threasures is unfortunately up staged by the on going narration...I would rather have known nothing about the actual story and simply enjoyed the esthetics of such a beautiful dance than be subjected to the monotony of the narrators voice. It is of fortunately no reflection on the exquiste beauty of the performers art!

[tiffenakou]

I thought the English soundtrack might be easier for non-Japanese viewers to understand what's going on. If you buy the original DVD, you can choose among

1) no narration

2) Japanese narration

3) English narration

plus a choice of Japanese subtitles too.

[lihiong]

Don`t worry about what others says,I think your narrations is great and very helpful. Thank you tiffenakou san

[tiffenakou]

Paul Griffith is the narrator for this series. I think he adds a lot of value to those who can't/don't speak Japanese.

[misterdonmelvin]

@tiffenakou I agree with you, I really appreciate Paul Griffith's valuable narration. Thanks for posting these!

[Ktsitsa]

@tiffenakou where can you buy the dvd's? I looked online but could not find it

[tiffenakou]

@Ktsitsa you can buy from amazon.co.jp or yesasia.com

[MENCADO]

Or, if you want to watch these extracts without all of the narration- mute it, open a second tab and use music from a different source.

[goodgirlkay]

@blueagle2007 Some people just love to criticize, the ability to show simple gratitude eludes them....

[galanthophile]

Beautiful!

[debonairestud]

A work of art

[smlemk42]

Unlike western version, many of asian "opera" have a lot less visual while more imaginative.

Brilliant.