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Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)

Imperial Japanese Dance poster
Directed by
William Kennedy Dickson
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short silent film shows a performer in Japanese costume doing a stylized dance. It was made in Thomas Edison's studio and hand-colored. The dance is inspired by a comic opera from the 1880s.

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What happens

„Тържествен японски танц“ (на английски: Imperial Japanese Dance) е американски късометражен ням филм от 1894 година, заснет от режисьорите Уилям Кенеди Диксън и Уилям Хейс в студиото Блек Мария при лабораториите на Томас Едисън в Ню Джърси по мотиви от комедийната опера „Микадо“ от 1885 година. Филмът е ръчно оцветен. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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