Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa

100 mins | Documentary | Oct. 24, 2004

This extraordinary film presents Japanese classical scroll painting as never before. The Yamanaka Tokiwa comprises twelve scrolls painted by Matabei Iwasa some 400 years ago. Haneda redefines the art documentary and demonstrated that a film about a masterpiece can be equally masterful.

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa

100 mins | Documentary | Oct. 24, 2004

Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
This extraordinary film presents Japanese classical scroll painting as never before. The Yamanaka Tokiwa comprises twelve scrolls painted by Matabei Iwasa some 400 years ago. Haneda redefines the art documentary and demonstrated that a film about a masterpiece can be equally masterful.
Producers Jiyu Kobo
Original title 山中常盤ー牛若丸と常盤御前 母と子の物語ー
Directors Tokue Sato, Sumiko Haneda
Writers Sumiko Haneda

Cast

Michie Kita

as Narrator

Kyoko Kataoka

as Matabei's Mother, Tashi