Josh Hartnett, who plays the Western-style main character (only named The Drifter), says that Bunraku is “more about these crazy characters” when comparing the movie’s various aspects to ...

“Blue Eye Samurai” is set to collect a trio of juried awards for achievement in animation–for character design, production design and storyboard–while vying for two competitive awards ...

This is bunraku, a type of puppetry born in 1600s Osaka. Traditionally, there are three puppeteers per puppet. ... UNIDENTIFIED NARRATORS: (As characters, chanting in non-English language).

“Blue Eye Samurai” is set to collect a trio of juried awards for achievement in animation–for character design, production design and storyboard–while vying for two competitive awards ...

The National Bunraku Theatre, in New York recently for the first time in more than thirty years, presented an evening of suicides. The performance, at the Japan Society, consisted of excerpts from ...

Kiritake Kanjūrō was designated a living national treasure in 2021 for bringing puppets to life through his masterful embodiment of the traditional techniques of bunraku puppetry.

Complete Information About Winnie-the-Pooh and Bunraku Too in Hawaii at Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents the world premiere of Winnie-the-Pooh and Bunraku Too ...

The Magic of Japanese Puppet Theater . Four master performers from the Imada Puppet Troupe (Imada ningyōza), based in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, will be featured in two demonstrations of traditional ...

Honolulu Theatre for Youth has announced the world premiere of Winnie-the-Pooh and Bunraku Too by The HTY Ensemble, adapted from the book by A. A. Milne, illustrated by E. H. Shepard .