Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees (2009)

義経千本桜 川連法眼館

This is one scene from a classic history play that is full of quick-changes of role and costume. A magical fox takes on the guise of a warrior named Tadanobu in order to get close to a precious drum made from the skins of his fox parents. But his mysterious activities throw suspicion on the real Tadanobu and finally the fox reveals his true identity. In the end, he joyfully goes off with the drum.

Date of release

2009-09-01

TMDB

8.0 / 10 (1)

Runtime

1h 12m

Casting

• Kikugoro Onoe VI — Satō Tadanobu, in reality, the fox Genkorō
• Tokizo Nakamura — Minamoto no Yoshitsune
• Onoe Kikunosuke — Shizuka Gozen

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