Benshi (film narrator) Ichiro KATAOKA and the traditional music group OTOWAZA will perform live accompanying one of the few still existing silent films of director Daisuke ITO (1898-1981).

Jirokichi the Rat by Daisuke ITO
Oatsurae jirokichi koshi
御誂次郎吉格子

Japan 1931, DVD, 63 Min., Benshi narration in Japanese with English subtitles
Actors: Denjiro OKOCHI, Naoe HASHIMI, Nobuko HASHIMI, Minoru TAKASE, Reizaburo YAMAMOTO

In cooperation with the Japanese Consulate General in Frankfurt.

In cooperation with the Institute of Japanese Culture Cologne (Japan Foundation).