Tokyo Calling : Another Landscape of Japan » Traditional http://tokyo-calling.com Find Your Unexpected Japan Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:44:53 +0000 ja hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 The Lion / Kabuki http://tokyo-calling.com/the-lion-kabuki.html http://tokyo-calling.com/the-lion-kabuki.html#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:45:30 +0000 http://tokyo-calling.com/?p=322 Unsure of his own identity, a half Japanese, half American man begins to practice the Japanese performance art of Kabuki, and in doing so finds the clarity and meaning in his life he had been searching for.

2014 GRAND PRIZE WINNER at the Mill Valley Film Festival, Art of Amazing 4K Showcase

STARRING: Kirk Nishikawa Dixon
DIRECTED BY: Anthony Gilmore
PRODUCTION PARTNER: Senryu Hayashida
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ryan Seale
EDITING: Carl Bradley
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Nami Isomura
HAIR PIECE: Matsubara Katsura co.
TRADITIONAL COSTUME: Kitatoku co.
DJI RONIN OPERATORS: Ryan Seale / Peter Majtan
B CAMERA: Takayoshi Tsuchiya
LIGHTING/GAFFER: Fumio Sugiyama
LIGHTING ASSISTANT: Takuya Segawa
SOUND RECORDIST: Takuro Natsuhara
RE-RECORDING MIXER: Hiroki Sawada
SOUND DESIGN: Hajime Saito
EQUIPMENT PARTNER: DJI
COLOR: Carl Bradley
GRAPHICS: Nick Rosier

SPECIAL THANKS: Ukon Nishikawa, Kazumasa Nishikawa, Masako Nishikawa, Nishikawa Ryu

SHOT ON: RED Epic/Scarlet
LENSES: Arri Ultra Primes 24mm/32mm/50mm/85mm AND Canon 100mm macro

]]> http://tokyo-calling.com/the-lion-kabuki.html/feed 0 Japanese Traditional Lion Dance Oyagi Shishimai http://tokyo-calling.com/japanese-traditional-lion-dance-oyagi-shishimai.html http://tokyo-calling.com/japanese-traditional-lion-dance-oyagi-shishimai.html#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:10:11 +0000 http://tokyo-calling.com/?p=306 Adapted from China, the shishimai (Lion dance) is often performed around the New Year by one or two lions accompanied by bamboo flutes and drums. It was performed as a prayer for household safety and a good harvest.

There are regional variations; one or two people wearing the lion costume, and one or two lions dancing. At the end of the dance, the lion “bites” the heads of some watchers, to bring luck.

]]> http://tokyo-calling.com/japanese-traditional-lion-dance-oyagi-shishimai.html/feed 0 Moments in Kyoto – Cinematic http://tokyo-calling.com/moments-in-kyoto-cinematic-short-trip-to-kyoto-japan.html http://tokyo-calling.com/moments-in-kyoto-cinematic-short-trip-to-kyoto-japan.html#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:59:21 +0000 http://tokyo-calling.com/?p=81 5 minutes round tour of Kyoto!
Don’t think just feel what you see in the movie focused on major sightseeing scenery in modern Kyoto Japan.

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