Two People at Dojo temple (1899)

Two People at Dojo temple

1899

Horror

Synopsis

Shot at the Kubut-za in Tokyo and a rare record of two classical kubuki actors, Onoe Eizaburo V and Ichimura Kakuki-za VI, A surviving poster for this film is illustrated by a woodblock print of the lead actors by ukiyo-e artist Yutaka Hitoshi, a frozen moment of the incipient transition from traditional art-forms of ukiyo-e and kabuki to the new, and all-dominating medium of katsudo-shashin (cinema).

Credits

Director

Tsunekichi Shibata

Cast

Eizaburo Onoe

Yokitsu Ichimura