Screening of the documentary "Herbe flottante" (Floating Grass)
"Herbe flottante" (Floating Grass) plunges the spectator into a world unknown in France and little-known by the Japanese themselves: travelling folk theater.
Herbe flottante directed by Mohamed Ghanem l 59 min l Japanese with French subtitles.
Famous for her interpretation of female roles, Tachibana Daigorô is a star of taishû engeki. A distant cousin of kabuki, this popular traveling theater is nevertheless a little-regarded genre in Japan. Plunge into the daily life of an actor who lives for his art, where play, on the boards as in life, is permanent.
Discussion in the presence of Mohamed Ghanem, director and former student at Inalco, and Michael Lucken, historian specializing in contemporary Japan and professor at Inalco.