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The Written Face

Das geschriebene Gesicht
Le visage écrit

Switzerland / Japan, August 1995
FILM, Documentary, 89 min.

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directed by
Daniel Schmid
Written by
Daniel Schmid
Status
In distribution

The film is an attempt to offer an insight into the Japanese Kabuki star, Tamasaburo Bando. The film consists of four continuous acts: A prelude, the dance of the drunken snake, “Orochi”, from Japan's oldest myth, is followed by a documentary section, “Tamasaburo Bando and his idols”. It includes encounters with Han Takehara, geisha and dancer, Haruko Sugimura, film actress (Ozu, Naruse, Kurosawa), and Butoh dancer, Kazuo Ohno. The next act, “Twilight Geisha”, is a light-hearted variation on the geisha theme. In the fourth and final section, Tamasaburo dances the Kabuki drama “Sagimusume”, a story of reincarnation and of a girl's transformation on a snowy winter's night.

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World Premiere
August 1995
Original Version
Japanese,  colour, 35mm, 89 min.
Production
T&C Film AG, Euro Space, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Marcel Hoehn, Kenzo Horikoshi
directed by
Daniel Schmid
Written by
Daniel Schmid
Cinemato­graphy
Renato Berta
Editing
Daniela Roderer
Music
Franz Liszt, Giacomo Puccini
Location Sound Mix
Dieter Meyer

Cast

Tamasaburo Bando
Kazuo Ohno

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
T&C Film AG

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: tba

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