Three Generations of Danjuro (1944)

Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young grandson returns to his family of kabuki actors and decides to follow their tradition by becoming a performer himself.

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What happens

est un film japonais réalisé par Kenji Mizoguchi, sorti en 1944. Le petit-fils d'une famille d'acteurs réintègre sa famille en devenant à son tour acteur de kabuki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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