Japan - Kabuki, Newsreel, Takarazuka Theatres

Japan - Kabuki, Newsreel, Takarazuka Theatres Kabuki Theatre dressing room: actor Ennosuke at table making up & dressing with 2 male assistants in front of mirror for drama. MCU Geisha watching actor dress. MS & CU stage shots of Kabuki play. 19:21:15 Takarazuka Theatre - curtain up & dancers in precision dance in front of stylized set. Women in checkered skirts & rocket-like dancing. Pair in print dresses singing duet. LS entire troupe w/ Hawaiian-like setting. Young girls dancing in front of 'Marriage' sign. People exiting some appear to wear masks. 19:23:17 Dancing in Dutch-like setting w/ Swastika on stage banner. Dancers make Fascist salute against Italian-like backdrop. Ext. Kabuki theatre w/ people & umbrellas in rain. Daytime same, in sunshine. 19:25:18 Newsreel theatre / Cinema w/ Betty Boop poster. LS of city buildings, traffic. 19:26:15 People in front of movie screen, applauding, seen from behind w/o pix on screen. MCUs of audience from in front at end of row; applaud. 19:28:44 CU of Takarazuka dancers & Italian? flags. MCU twirling umbrellas each painted with Swastika, Italian symbol & Rising Sun. Cinema audience from behind, nothing on screen. Vol. 5.9 Filmed Oct-Nov38, cinema re-enactment filmed Mar39? Rel. Apr39 Oriental Art. Nazis. Pre - WWII.