Japan’s Bunraku Puppet
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2014
- Culture Ministry’s Department of Cultural Promotion, the Japan Foundation host the Asian Puppet Theatre Exchange: Bunraku Demonstration and Workshop on August 26, 2014 at Thailand Culture Centre’s small hall.
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Everybody says that they're creepy but I say that they are beautiful, I love how alive they look, those puppeteers are are artists
Both things are true
Bro you said are twice 😂😂. Also I agree but I’ve never heard anyone say they are are creepy 🤓
As usual my brain skipped the second are word@@fishy834
Cái sự kinh dị đó gọi là thung lũng khi cái gì quá giống người nhưng không phải là người.
when i noticed the articulated hands my jaw dropped. so much tiny little detail and it gives the performance so much character! must be awesome to see live.
I hope one day to see bunraku live. A friend who did said that you forget about the puppet masters and the puppets do seem to be truly alive.
They are alive but it is a secret to not scare the audience so the men pretend to control them but the puppets are actually doing the movements themselves.
@@LittleHampie89 lol
It looks like it would be pretty difficult for me to get over the puppet master being so visible, a black mask or something to remove his human features would be nice.
@@LittleHampie89 I doubt that, I’m sure the puppeteers are moving the puppets, don’t discredit them
They’re literally standing right there how the fuck would that happen?
I'm impressed how well coordinated of the 3 people controlling the puppet
3:14 When your favorite song comes on
Strangely scary. But beautiful
Felt the same way about ballet
Nah not really I can see the guy controlling it
reason why it’s scary it’s because something called uncanny valley, it’s pretty interesting search it up
uncanny valley bro
@@snowyonice oh damn same thought
this will scare those with phobia for dolls. They look partly doll-like and partly real and kind of in the uncanny valley that makes them creepy-looking.
Yes and i have that phobia
I saw this in Kyoto and could not understand how the puppet in the striped kimono appeared to climb a wall all by itself.
They got behind it
May I ask where in Kyoto you watched this?
That's the sign of a good bunraku puppeteer. The masters don't wear the black hoods because they're supposedly so good at the craft that your brain just omits them when watching the play.
@@rkr9861 I think it would be really hard not to be distracted by the facial characteristics of the puppet master. I don't know why they wouldn't choose to wear a black mask to make it as easy as possible for the audience to engage. Sure it looks incredible as is but I think it would be even better. It's the eyes nose and mouth that are really distracting to me.
I was expecting marionette-type puppets but these bunraku are cool! I love the ninja-like stagehand outfits. Love to see those used in other parts of the world 🙂
There is a soul in the puppet head. Amazing puppet performer.
Wow never seen this before! Japanese culture is mindblowing :O
came here after reading Mori's essay on Uncanny Valley. he placed Bunraku puppets on the other peak, considering them non uncanny and enjoyable. but honestly in my opinion they look disturbing af 😶
When I was a little child, I saw an amazing version of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass where the Wonderland characters were giant Bunraku style puppets. I've been fascinated by this style of theater ever since.
Why do I find this scary and cool in the same time?
Edit: Why am I watching this at night omg
That was phenomenal! Thank you for sharing!
Japan should make their own Muppets Show
This is freaking impressive
These are so much more than a puppet show. We just don't have the kind of deep feeling for puppets as art in the US. Maybe that will change I sure hope so. I adore this kind of artistry.
I know it's just personal aesthetic taste but I think it looks way better on a dark stage like this. I think it'd look even better if all the puppeteers were in black, but again that's just another personal preference. Back on the lighting, though, it's strange to me how many examples online are on brightly lit stages, making the puppeteers in black starkly stand out as opposed to gracefully fade into the dark surroundings like in this video. This production was excellently lit and I wish more could be similarly lit.
I was thinking the same thing it like Jim Henson puppetry you don't see the puppeteer so you totally believe and see the character as real.
In thus case having the puppeteer in black against the darken stage would totally get u locked in.
3:14 he's just pitching a fit
Came here because of Tanizaki’s Some Prefer Nettles. The early chapter of the book is a scene on a bunraku play and I was partially unfamiliar to it (except for the shamisen ha ha ha). Seeing this clip now, I can find Kaname’s narration on the bunraku they were watching particularly vivid & entrancing.
Same, this is pretty cool
I think it’s amazing that they have been doing this for centuries surely Jim Henson took notes
Bunraku gives me goosebumps :S
LOL
Laron Grey how the hell is that funny
It’s quite beautiful really, in its own unique way.
OMG this is the best shrooms experience EVER!
This freakin awesome!
Could be please please please insert Subtitles or explain what this is about. I love this theater but I dont understand everything.
lol@Willz __
This is a story called Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七). In Edo, a girl met a young man when she evacuated and went to a temple due to the fire at the city. She fall in love with him, and wanted to see him again, so, despite the punishment for the arson was death by fire, she put fire on her house deliberately. It is the scene that Ohichi climbs up the fire-warning bell tower to bang the bell frantically.
@Willz __ pretty sure that was English.
Maybe you are the one who needs to learn how to read English?
Atsuko Richards you mean Yaoya Oshici
@@atsukorichards1675 Thank you. The stylized head movement (tossing the head forward) - that seems to be significant but I do not understand it. Can you clarify?
That is coordination right there
I’m Actually Really Obsessed With Puppets
Thanks to my drama teacher, I'm distured now..
Esto es de una belleza sublime. ¡Gracias!
Me: mom can we have anime?
Mom:we have anime at home
Anime at home:
3:18 well im never sleeping agian
Lmaooo
회사원님 채널보고왔어요~ ㅋㅋ
juse A 저두요ㅋㅋㅋ
I don’t understand how these creations could possibly be creepy.
First time seeing this as Iv'e just searched it up after learning the name. Why do they not cover the persons face who puppets it ? curious because one of the fellas face is covered but the main guy's face is not ?
They are creepy but beautiful at the same time
So this is what Sasori was based on.
That’s literally what I just thought hahah
Very bizarre yet very skillful
Anyone here because of Angela Carter's The Loves of Lady Purple? 🖐🏻
Granny Chiyo putting in work!
Tamanobu san😍
who else here from Blue Eye Samurai lol
guilty as charged ! ! !
so beautiful but I wonder why all the puppeteers aren't in black
The head puppeteer is not hidden so that fans can see them and appreciate how they imbue the puppets.
Bunraku puppeteers train for years to become an omo-zukai (head puppeteer) and so they remain unhooded because they've earned that. It can take 20 years to achieve omo-zukai status and the other two puppeteers (the hidari-zukai who controls the left arm and the ashi-zukai who controls the feet) are still in their training to become an omo-zukai.
@@hannahsmith7951
I'm completely unable to see the third puppeteer, they certainly have good disguises xd
The part when the puppet fart: 4:46
Is it weird if my dog does that??
your dog is a puppetteer? I guess it's cool
Nope, it's normal for a dog but not for a human doing that.
THEY HAVE LEGS
wow
You know, the more Japanese folk entertainment I watch, the less odd Filthy Frank becomes.
I love it.
same as below
The Japanese dolls do get a bit quirkie at night
0:06
Why does it always scare me?
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Im scared
Vay a.
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Is this creepy while smoking weed?
mans souding like a chicken at the start
he should be in Blackface
I think it would have been better if the third puppeteer also covered his face. I was much distracted by his facial features
Kanjuro traitor
2:13
욱일기 아님?
Kankuro bring me here 🤘
Kuro Higi Jaan