This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment. Commentary, Harmke Pijpers ; interview, Thomas Leims ; cast: Nakamura Shibajaku, Ichikawa Mon-nosuke, Ichikawa Danshiro, Uemura Kichiya, Aoki Takayori. Originally released in 1990. This DVD may not play in all DVD players.
Summary:
In the tradition of Kabuki, the portrayal of female characters has become a tradition of its own. This program looks a the history of Kabuki and looks particularly at the dynastic development of the onnagata, the female impersonator, and the intricate techniques and details by which a thoroughly masculine male transforms himself into a man's dream of the womanly woman: more feminine and more perfect than any real woman.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)71205682
Locations:
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)
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