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| 29 Dec 2006 – 18:00 |
The 18th Sawato Midori Katsuben
Recital at Kinokuniya Hall, Shinjuku
The program: "Male and Female"(1919) directed by Cecil
B. DeMille
"Tenmeikai Torimono Fukuro" directed by Toshio Hara
in 1926
Digital Meme rang out the year 2006 with a full house for The
18th Sawato Midori Katsuben Recital on December 29th at the
Shinjuku Kinokuniya Hall. This biggest event of the year for
world renown benshi Ms. Sawato and all silent movie fans culminated
with the showing of two well-known silent films Male and Female
by Cecil B. DeMille and Tenmeikai Torimono Fukuro by Toshio
Hara.
Ms. Sawato's personalized interjections of the characters, accompanied
by the live music band Colored Monotone mesmerized the audience
to experience Japanese fights, beauty of traditional Japanese
women in Tenmeikai Torimono Fukuro, witness the line between
rich and poor, forbidden love, and gender relations portrayed
in Male and Female.
The evening came to a close with the audience applauding Ms.
Sawato for another moving performance. Loyal fans pressed flowers
and gifts into Ms. Sawato's in their appreciation and gratitude
for a memorable evening. In return, Midori Sawato expressed
her gratefulness to the audience for coming every year and making
these events one of the biggest in the silent films screenings. |
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