Midori Sawato - Wikipedia
Midori Sawato (澤登 翠, Sawato Midori) is a Japanese benshi or katsuben [a] (silent film narrator). [2] Life. Originally from Tokyo, Midori Sawato graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Hosei University. She first decided she wanted to become a benshi in 1972, when she saw the silent film The Water Magician by Kenji Mizoguchi. [3] .
“Benshi” Sawato Midori: The Voice of Silent Film in Japan
2024年5月13日 · Sawato Midori is a legend in the benshi world today. On December 29, 2023, she performed in front of a packed house at Kinokuniya Hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Midori Sawato
Midori Sawato. Originally from Tokyo, motion picture Benshi Midori Sawato graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Hosei University, and studied under the late Matsuda Shunsui. She has garnered high praise through her wide variety of performances in Japan and overseas, including France, the United States, etc.
Motion Picture Benshi “Sawato Midori” Official Website
Sawato Midori is originally from Tokyo. She graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Hosei University, and studied under the late Matsuda Shunsui. A benshi representing Japan, she has garnered high praise through her wide variety of performances in Japan and overseas, including France, the United States, etc.
Gender and the Art of Benshi : In Dialogue with Midori Sawato
2011年12月1日 · Today there are ten benshi, including Sawato and her five protégés. In this interview, marking the fortieth anniversary of her career, Sawato explains how she trained herself as a benshi. Unlike other traditional performing arts, creating one's original style based on one's interpretation of the film has always been more valued than copying ...
Ichiro Kataoka: Benshi - Harvard Film Archive
Ichiro Kataoka graduated from the Nihon University College of Art and began training under the celebrated veteran benshi in Japan, Midori Sawato, in 2002. He is the most well-known benshi of his generation, a rising star that is also the most internationally active benshi, having given performances in countries such as Croatia, Germany and ...
Midori Sawato - IMDb
Midori Sawato is known for To Sleep So as to Dream (1986), Eiga kaiju G-ko-chan (1995) and MA (2002).
When to speak and when to shut up: the art of a Japanese 'benshi'
When to speak and when to shut up: the art of a Japanese 'benshi' By Alisa Yamasaki Special To The Japan Times. Oct 16, 2016. The silent films screened in Japan from the 1920s to '40s were never...
Japanese Silent Cinema and the Art of the Benshi | BAMPFA
Midori Sawato has performed as a professional benshi for almost thirty years, appearing at international film festivals as well as frequent engagements in Japan. She was a student of the late Shunsui Matsuda (whose recorded benshi narration for Jirokichi the Burglar is featured September 14) and has become Japan's foremost practitioner of the ...
Gender and the Art of Benshi: In Dialogue with Midori Sawato
2011年12月21日 · Midori Sawato has become the top benshi in Japan since her debut in 1973, having performed at numerous venues in and outside of her country. A benshi is a performer who provides both the...