Genjitsu

Overview

Noh mask maker is unable to carve the young Noh masks he has ordered, and when a beautiful woman invites him to join her in town for a change of pace, he has a mysterious experience, which may be a dream or reality. The film "Genjitsu" (幻日) was completed in the autumn of 1966, but has not been shown to the public. Adapted from Soseki Natsume's novel "Ten Nights of Dreams" with experimental music by Joji Yuasa, the film was long considered lost but re-surfaced in 2017 and was shown for the first time at Kobe Planet Film Archive.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 26, 1966

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daisan Eiga-kai

Cast

Hideko Kawaguchi,Kohei Tsuzaki,Ryôhei Uchida,Tsune Shibata,Hirô Yamaguchi

Director

Tetsuji Takechi

Writer

Natsume Sōseki,Tetsuji Takechi

Producer

Toyojirô Nagashima

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6157802