Minamichigo Hanamachi

Chushingura Godanme

Chushingura

Sakura Sogoro Giminden Ichidaiki

Sakura Sogoro Ichidaiki

It is the story of a man who was heavily burdened by taxes, and went to complain to his Shogun, Lord Hotta. He was summarily executed for his trouble and became a peasant martyr who name lives on in stories.

Chushingura Godanme

Sakura Sogoro Ichidaiki

Matsunosuke no Chushingura

The existing print has all but four of the original 42 scenes. It's really just Onoe Matsunosuke's Kabuki theater troupe performance filmed scene for scene. A static camera captures the action in one- to two-minute…

Tsurigane Yagoro

Nio Chogoro