The Weavers of Nishijin (1961)
西陣
The Weavers of Nishijin captures the process of traditional textile manufacture in Nishijin.
- Date of release
- 1961-12-01
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Toshio Matsumoto
Casting
- Takeshi Kusaka — Narrator
- Hideo Kanze — Nô player
Interesting facts
The Weavers of Nishijin , also known as Nishijin, is a 1961 Japanese short documentary film directed by Toshio Matsumoto, narrated by Takeshi Kusaka and starring Hideo Kanze as a Noh player. It was written by Hiroshi Sekine and Matsumoto. The film depicts the lives of the textile workers of the Nishijin district of Kyoto.
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