Description: Kabuki actor, Onoe Umenosuke, demonstrates his transformation into an idealized Kabuki female character through a process that involves the many skills of the "onnagata," a performer of feminine roles.

Description: Based on a novel of the same name by Momotani Hoko, this film tells the story of seven women ranging in age from 69 to 91. In Japan , desexualized "cute old ladies" sometimes appear as an ideal representation of the aged, but the heroines of this film are not pent up by the image of the "old lady"-they are bold and overflowing with energy. Yurisai portrays the lively reawakening of the sexual energies of old women who had been shackled by both oppression of women and discrimination against the elderly.

Description: The Lover's Exile is a Bunraku (Japanese puppet theater) adaptation of Meido no Hikyaku (The Courier of Hell), by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, first perfomred in 1711 and based on events of his day. It features the incomparable Bunraku Theatrical Ensemble of Japan; the world's most sophisticated puppet theater.

Description: At the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small island off the coast of Japan prepared for an invasion: U.S. soldiers bringing peace. MacArthur's Children is the tender, beautifully photographed drama of how the citizens of Japan came to terms with their nation's defeat. The sudden and shattering occupation of General MacArthur and the American forces is seen through the eyes of Komoko, a fifth grade teacher, and her students.

Description: Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.Early in the 20th century new opportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on the hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost-forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary.

Description: Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)Music of Bunraku" allows the viewer to exerience the exotic drama of Bunraku. The puppet theater of Japan, and to understand its music. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm. professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Who introduces the musical styles, the notation, and the performers of Bunraku. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, explains the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka, Japan, demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform ISEONDO KOI NO NETABA (THE MASSACRE AT A GEISHA HOUSE IN ISE)

Description: Filmed in Nara at the 1996 Takigi Onoh festival, this documentary shows Noh by torchlight at the Kofukuji Temple. Artists from the Noh Troupe led by Kinzo Komparu demonstrate the styles and forms of Noh music. The host for the program is Dr. William Malm, professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan, who explains the variety of musical traditions in Noh, the use of musical instruments, and the relationships between music, drama and dance. Dr. Sidney Brown. professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, surveys the rich historic tradition of Noh and explains the connections to Buddhism and Shinto.

Description: "The Heart of Kabuki" music is hosted by Dr. William P.Malm, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Malm explains the subtlety of structure and style in SUE HIROGARI, composed in 1854 by KINEYA ROKUZAEMON. Dr.Sidney Brown, professor of Japanese History at the University of Oklahoma, reviews the long tradtion of the SUE HIROGARI, as it evolved from a comic kyogen in medieval Noh Drama. Artist Students of professor Ajimi Tooru at the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo demonstrate the expressive variety of vocal and instrumental styles in Naguata.