JAPAN · 1991

Noh Mask Murders

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age family succession japanese theater tradition generational conflict noh performance art inheritance competition
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The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.

Year1991
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
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