Bunraku - Classical Japanese puppet art - Screener

Film distributed by Contemporary Arts Media http://www.artfilms.com.au

Bunraku, the classical Japanese puppet art, uses three-quarter-life-sized figures, handled by black clothed manipulators who remain in plain view of the audience. Includes performances from two traditional Bunraku dramas and filmed scenes showing how the puppets are made and articulated. Commentary by Faubion Bowers, expert on dance and Asian arts. 1973, 27 mins.

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[jakepallen123]

Faubion Bowers was not creepy, instead, he was the primary interpreter for General MacArthur in Japan, also mastering Russian, Indonesian, and French. He was a Juilliard pianist, an outstanding biographer and author, this guy could do anything. What disrespect, to call his voice creepy. What can you do????

[0143roxy]

awesome....:3

[ptrask]

The narrator sounds like if Snagglepuss was a James Bond villain.

[72DBRONCO]

What can the Japanese NOT do?!?!

[phlizmo]

@terah708 i think its awesome.. very orson welles like..

[Wirraburra07]

Do you have his(Faubion Bowers') documentary on Kabuki entitled "The Cruelty of Beauty" by any chance?

[terah708]

wow, what a great vid, but how creepy is the narrators voice?

[unscenebitch]

nice in just watched a movie in social studies