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Japanese Theatre Art

Colorful woodcuts and photographs of actors in traditional Japanese performances, capturing drama and cultural heritage.

Ichikawa Sadanji actors and as ôkie no kuzô and ôtani monzô iii as kutsuwa no assembly

Male Chinese opera performer performing, Singapore

TOSHIRO MIFUNE, RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN and YOKO SHIMADA in SHOGUN (1980), directed by JERRY LONDON.

ZIYI ZHANG in CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) -Original title: WO HU CANG LONG-, directed by ANG LEE.

Girls´ festival image

Magic poster - Carter The Mysterious - The Metamorphosis

Gallant Cocteau.Photo Shows: Jean Cocteau Gallantly kisses the hand of the Leading Lady, Tokyo Azuma , after the additional blessing of the stage ceremony.It was Jean Cocteau who, wearing a kimono and Bare-footed, as Tradition Demands yesterday baptised the state of the bebertot theatre, where the famous Japanese kabuki ballet opens today. November 10, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd)

Entertainment at the cherry blossoms. Young-time room screen with performances of dance and stage at the cherry blossoms.

giappone, la cerimonia del tè, 1930 1940

KAZUO HASEGAWA and KYOKO KAGAWA in THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (1954) -Original title: CHIKAMATSU MONOGATARI-, directed by KENJI MIZOGUCHI.

China, Beijing. NR Chinese Ethnic Culture Park. Stage Performers

SHAOLIN (2011) -Original title: XIN SHAO LIN SI-, directed by BENNY CHAN.

LUCY LIU in KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (2003), directed by QUENTIN TARANTINO.

Kuromori Kabuki farmers' kabuki performance, Sakata, Japan

Portrait of a male Chinese opera performer looking serious

Kabuki actor at Kuromori Kabuki, Sakata, Japan.

Asia, Vietnam, Hanoi. Water puppets.

EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (1994) -Original title: YIN SHI NAN NU-, directed by ANG LEE.

LI GONG in CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006) -Original title: MAN CHENG JIN DAI HUANG JIN JIA-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

KAORU YACHIGUSA in MADAME BUTTERFLY (1954) -Original title: MADAMA BUTTERFLY-, directed by CARMINE GALLONE.

Kiddies' scene. 1919. Set design drawings. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theater , New York (State) , New York, Theater , Production and direction

THE RED ANGEL (1966) -Original title: AKAI TENSHI-, directed by YASUZO MASUMURA.

PETER O'TOOLE in THE LAST EMPEROR (1987), directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

Dancers and Acrobats at the Airand festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia

A drum is on a purple flap, with an accompanying text at 'On the road'.

Male Chinese opera performer gesturing with a weapon

A ILHA DE MORAES (1984), directed by PAULO ROCHA.

Khon, Is a classical Thai dance in a mask. In Ramayana literature, this is the battle between the giant and Hanuman. Khon, Is a classical Thai dance in a mask. In Ramayana literature, this is the battle between the giant and Hanuman. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SunanxWongsa-ngax 21993133 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

TATSUYA NAKADAI in HARAKIRI (1962) -Original title: SEPPUKU-.

SHAOLIN (2011) -Original title: XIN SHAO LIN SI-, directed by BENNY CHAN.

Preparing for a play, Kuromori, Japan

Detail of large Falla of Japanese lady being pulled on rickshaw by man displayed on street as part of Fallas Festival; Valencia, Spain

Vietnam has a long tradition of music and theatre that combines indigenous and foreign influences. The earliest known instruments are the frog drums of the Dong Son Period from around 250BC. This was followed by a millennium of immersion in Chinese cultural traditions which remains very apparent. In 981, after the reassertion of national independence, King Le Dai Hanh invaded neighbouring Champa and carried the royal court dancers and musicians back to his capital. Consequently traditional Vietnamese music is considered to blend Dong Son techniques with those of China as well as, through the Hinduised Kingdom of Champa, Indian musical forms. It is based a five-tone scale in contrast to the eight-tone scale generally used in the West.

LI GONG in RAISE THE RED LANTERN (1991) -Original title: DA HONG DENG LONG GAO GAO GUA-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

UMA THURMAN and CHIAKI KURIYAMA in KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (2003), directed by QUENTIN TARANTINO.

CHISHU RYU, CHIEKO HIGASHIYAMA, SETSUKO HARA, KUNIKO MIYAKE, ZEN MURASE, ISAO SHIROSAWA and ICHIRO SUGAI in EARLY SUMMER (1951) -Original title: BAKUSHU-, directed by YASUJIRO OZU.

MONGOLIA, ULAANBAATAR, CULTURAL PERFORMANCE, DANCER

OOKU: THE INNER CHAMBERS (2023), directed by KINO ABE.

Dancers performing traditional show on Victoria Line Cruise Ship for Western tourists, Yangtze River, China

Japan, Shikoku, Kotohira, Kabuki Theatre, poster,

THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (1954) -Original title: CHIKAMATSU MONOGATARI-, directed by KENJI MIZOGUCHI.

BARAKA (1992), directed by RON FRICKE.

A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP (2009) -Original title: SAN QIANG PAI AN JING QI-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

KAGEMUSHA THE SHADOW WARRIOR (1980) -Original title: KAGEMUSHA-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

Deputy Secretary John Sullivan arrives at the G-20 Foreign Ministers' Dinner in Nagoya, Japan, on November 22, 2019.

LI GONG in CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006) -Original title: MAN CHENG JIN DAI HUANG JIN JIA-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

THE HIDDEN BLADE (2004) -Original title: KAKUSHI-KEN: ONI NO TSUME-, directed by YOJI YAMADA.

Puppet (Wayang Klitik) ofDrona

Chinese stage opera, Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

japan warrior doll character theme vector art illustration. japan warrior doll

HIROYUKI SANADA, MIKI ITO and ERINA HASHIGUCHI in THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (2002) -Original title: TASOGARE SEIBEI-, directed by YOJI YAMADA.

PEDRO ALMODOVAR and ROSARIO FLORES in TALK TO HER (2002) -Original title: HABLE CON ELLA-, directed by PEDRO ALMODOVAR.

CATE BLANCHETT in THE GOOD GERMAN (2006), directed by STEVEN SODERBERGH.

Chinese Opera performers, Ko Shan Theatre, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.

Documentary photography in everyday life in Hong Kong which is going through an unprecedented political crisis.Photographie documentaire au quotidien dans Hong Kong qui traverse une crise politique politique sans precedent.

MICHELLE YEOH in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022), directed by DAN KWAN and DANIEL SCHEINERT.

ZIYI ZHANG in HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (2004) -Original title: SHI MIAN MAI FU-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

Singapore. Actors In A Chinese Play

QIN JUNJIE in CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006) -Original title: MAN CHENG JIN DAI HUANG JIN JIA-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

THE LAST EMPEROR (1987), directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as Kiyo-hime in the Play Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1774 1769-1779 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Katsukawa Shunsho

LI GONG in MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005), directed by ROB MARSHALL.

Musicians entertaining at a traditional cultural performance in Almaty, Kazakstan

THE LAST EMPEROR (1987), directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

MARC SINGER in BODY CHEMISTRY (1990), directed by KRISTINE PETERSON.

Gujo Odori Dance Performance, Gujo Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

China, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Performer applies traditional makeup before Chinese Opera show at Shu Feng Ya Yun Sichuan Opera

DWELLING IN THE FUCHUN MOUNTAINS (2019) -Original title: CHUNJIANG SHUINUAN-, directed by GU XIAOGANG.

China, Xian, Tang Dynasty Show

Girl´s Festival Doll

Portrait of a male Chinese opera performer looking serious

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - Alberto Santos-Dumont tries to dance with a yellow balloon that is Adrien Bernheim and Baron Henri Rothshild Dance with Gabrielle Dorziat and lets her horn of Abundancecar he is "The Cresus SEM (Georges Goursat, says - 1863-1934) / J. SAUD�. "Alberto Santos-Dumont album - Alberto Santos-Dumont tries to dance with a yellow balloon that is Adrien Bernheim and Baron Henri de Rothschild Dance with Gabrielle Dorziat and drops his cornucopia because he is" The Cresus ". Lithography in color.

Japanese theatrical performance of the art crop Dresden under the direction of E. Antonio Donadini. Actor in role food M. 1886Japanese theatrical performance of the Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden under the direction of E. Antonio Donadini. Actor in the roll costume. 1886

TOGETHER (2002) -Original title: HE NI ZAI YI QI-, directed by CHEN KAIGE.

Hun Lek puppet theatre, featuring episodes from the RamayanaThailand.

THE LAST EMPEROR (1987), directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

ZIYI ZHANG in HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (2004) -Original title: SHI MIAN MAI FU-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

RAN (1985), directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

TOSHIRO MIFUNE and GANJIRO NAKAMURA in THE LOWER DEPTHS (1957) -Original title: DONZOKO-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

KIRIN KIKI in AN (2015), directed by NAOMI KAWASE.

Dancing for the Class on Children's Day, China

EITARO OZAWA and CHOKO IIDA in RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (1947) -Original title: NAGAYA SHINSHIROKU-, directed by YASUJIRO OZU.

INU-OH (2021), directed by MASAAKI YUASA.

A SAMURAI IN TIME (2023), directed by JUN'ICHI YASUDA.

YING HUANG and RICHARD TROXELL in MADAME BUTTERFLY (1995), directed by FREDERIC MITTERRAND.

JACKIE CHAN and BIAO YUEN in THE YOUNG MASTER (1980) -Original title: SHI DI CHU MA-, directed by JACKIE CHAN.

TOM CRUISE and KEN WATANABE in THE LAST SAMURAI (2003), directed by EDWARD ZWICK.

Seven five three event

Iago and Bianca, scene from a Japanese representation of Shakespeare's Othello, Japan, photo from L'Illustration, No 3264, September 16, 1905.

LI GONG, JAY CHOU, QIN JUNJIE and YE LIU in CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006) -Original title: MAN CHENG JIN DAI HUANG JIN JIA-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

Valencia, 01/05/2019. Three Kings Parade 2019. Photo: Mikel Ponce Archdc.

HERO (2002) -Original title: YING XIONG-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

Zoetrope Strip, Dancers, Lithograph on paper, Strip with printed cartoon featuring a man and woman dancing in elegant costume. When viewed in a circular, perforated tin zoetrope, illusion of animation creates a moving picture of twirling dancers., England, United Kingdom, ca. 1860, toys & games, Print, Print

BLANCA GUERRA in HOLY BLOOD (1989) -Original title: SANTA SANGRE-, directed by ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY.

LITTLE BUDDHA (1993), directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI.

DONNIE YEN in YIP MAN (2008), directed by WILSON YIP.

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