Name: Cinema Kabuki: The Show Must Go On — Don’t Close the Curtain
Cast: Koshiro Matsumoto, Ainosuke Kataoka, Shido Nakamura, Shingo Bando, Somegoro Ichikawa

Director: Koki Mitani
Cast: Koshiro Matsumoto, Ainosuke Kataoka, Shido Nakamura, Shingo Bando, Somegoro Ichikawa, Yajuro Bando

Synopsis

A playwright and theatre proprietor prepare a kabuki production of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura in Ise. As trouble mounts backstage, actors and staff scramble to keep the performance going. This cinema presentation captures Koki Mitani’s comedy as staged at Tokyo’s Kabukiza Theatre.