gackt_army | Sep. 28th, 2008

I went to a bunraku show yesterday with 4 out of 6 friends. It was amazing and funny at times, and the puppet movements were quite realistic with their hand and facial movements. After a while, you don't pay much attention to the manipulators, who are clad in black except for the chief manipulator.

The show started at 6pm and ended at 8:50, with two 15 minute breaks. so...hmm...I dunno how long it lasted but it wasn't a full two hours. We had pretty damn good seats since the hall was small. I think even if we sat in the back we could see most of the show well, but I'm glad we had close seats!

There were three parts to the show, and we caught the evening show. There was an anfternoon show, but i think it was already sold out. The audience was mainly elderly people dressed in Japanese styled clothing: kimonos for men and women. We were the very few who were young, and I was the only one in gothic attire. ^^ I looked so cool XD

I'm posting this here because it does have to do with Gackt. He will be in a movie titled BUNRAKU next year, so this post will give you some info on this historic form of entertainment.

( Three parts under here )

The play was wonderful! I'm glad I found out about buying tix! It was pure coincidence! I was looking for tickets and shows online in Nagoya, and found out about a show in my own city when I went to the city hall that same week! GO ME!

If anyone wants the Japanese images of the segment summaries, please let me know! ^^ Although I doubt anyone would want it LOL I plan to cross post this to other communities, so sorry for the crossposting!