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Synopsis
The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
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Japan · Japanese Golden Age
Films with Similar Themes
family succession · Japanese theater tradition · generational conflict · Noh performance art · inheritance competition
