Kabuki Theater – Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees / 義経千本桜 / full performance, subtitles

Director: Ichikawa Ennosuke III, recording Amsterdam 1985, Yoshitsune senbonzakura - the fullest version of this kabuki play consists of fifteen scenes in five acts. Though this was originally intended to be performed across the better part of a day, modes of performance have changed, and the full version would today take twice that long, due to the style and speed of current forms of acting. Digitalized from an old VHS tape, so the quality is far from HD. PLAYLIST - Theatre and more: