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If a Noh drummer says he is willing to die for his art, you can believe him. Sophisticated and beautiful, Japan's traditional performing arts also demand a harsh physicality. Noh and Kabuki drummers howl, sweat and bleed. A career may end with a stroke on stage. This, they say, is a man's world; a visceral battleground of pure artistic integrity. In the sixties, a TV documentary made Reiko Tanaka famous as "the drummer girl", also known as Sataro Tanaka IX, diligent pupil of an illustrious father, Kabuki drummer Denzaemon Tanaka XI. This is the story of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family which has breathed new life into astonishing creative traditions.

Japan - 2005 - 1 h - DV HD - Colour

Director Aida Yukata Writer Aida Yukata Camera Murakami Masahiro Sound Hamada Keiji, Watanabe Hirofumi Editing Aida Yukata

Production NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp, 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-Ku, 150-8001 Tokyo, Japon Tél : +81 3 5455 4279 Fax : +81 3 3481 1453 E-mail : yoshida.y-oa@nhk.or.jp Co-Production NHK Enterprises, Inc.

Sales NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp, 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-Ku, 150-8001 Tokyo, Japon Tél : +81 3 5455 4279 Fax : +81 3 3481 1453 E-mail : yoshida.y-oa@nhk.or.jp