Comedy ·History ·Drama · Japan · 2019 · 2h 9m

Talking the Pictures

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Director
Masayuki Suō
Cast
Ryo Narita as Shuntaro Sometani Yuina Kuroshima as Umeko Kurihara Masatoshi Nagase as Shusei Yamaoka Kengo Kora as Takayuki Motegi Mao Inoue as Kotoe Tachibana Takuma Otoo as Torao Yasuda
Crew
Junichi Fujisawa — Director of Photography Jun'ichi Kikuchi — Editor Yoshikazu Suo — Original Music Composer Masayuki Suō — Screenplay Shoji Masui — Producer Kazuhito Amano — Producer
Synopsis

Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.

Mood & Themes
taisho periodtheatrebenshishitamachi
Key Collaborators
Masayuki Suō Director Junichi Fujisawa Director of Photography Jun'ichi Kikuchi Editor Yoshikazu Suo Original Music Composer Masayuki Suō Screenplay Shoji Masui Producer Kazuhito Amano Producer Motoi Sasaki Producer Takao Tsuchimoto Producer Norihiro Isoda Production Design
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