The Weavers of Nishijin (西陣, Nishijin), also known in English simply as Nishijin,[1] is a 1961 Japanese short documentary film directed by Toshio Matsumoto.[2] It starred Hideo Kanze as a Noh player.[3] Film scholar Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano has written that the film's "depiction of a craftsmen's forced life in the traditional textile trade of Kyoto discloses the multiplicity of the Japanese as well as offering an instance to contemplate the role of cinema as the most popular culture at that time."[4]
| The Weavers of Nishijin | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Toshio Matsumoto |
| Written by | Hiroshi Sekine Toshio Matsumoto |
| Produced by | Eiichi Asai |
| Starring | Hideo Kanze |
| Narrated by | Takeshi Kusaka |
| Cinematography | Yoshio Miyajima |
| Edited by | Miyuri Miyamori Fusako Shuzui |
| Music by | Akira Miyoshi |
Production company | Kyoto Documentary Film Society |
Release date |
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Running time | 42 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
edit- Hideo Kanze as a Noh player
References
edit- ^ "Documentarists of Japan #9: Matsumoto Toshio". Documentary Box. Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Matsumoto, Toshio (4 October 2017). "The Weavers of Nishijin". YouTube. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Toshio Matsumoto | The Weavers of Nishijin (1961) | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Wada-Marciano, Mitsuyo (2014). "Reading Nishijin (1961) as Cinematic Memory". In Miyao, Daisuke (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199731664.013.003. ISBN 978-0-19-973166-4.
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