Genjitsu
1966, Japanese. Directed by Tetsuji Takechi.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 26 December 1966
- Original title
- 幻日
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Natsume Sōseki, Tetsuji Takechi
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Genjitsu (1966) was directed by Tetsuji Takechi and stars Tsune Shibata, Ryōhei Uchida, Hideko Kawaguchi.