Title from disc label. Based on an adaptation of the puppet play written by Namiki Senryū. 880-06 Matsumoto Kōshirō, Nakamura Fukusuke, Nakamura Shibajaku. Taped in Feb. 2006, at Kabukiza, Tokyo, Japan. 880-07 Special features: Kabuki meisakusen zen 50 sakuhin shōkai.
Summary:
"The scenes on this DVD come from Act II of the five-act history play, Ichinotani futaba gunki, The Chronicles of the Battle of Ichinotani. First performed in the puppet theatre in 1751, it was adapted for Kabuki the following year and has since become one of Kabuki's most famous classics"--Leaflet.
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