Talking the Pictures

Talking the Pictures

129 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | Dec. 13, 2019

Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.

Talking the Pictures

129 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | Dec. 13, 2019

Talking the Pictures
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title カツベン！
Directors Kazumi Matsuzawa, Masayuki Suo
Writers Masayuki Suo

Cast

Ryo Narita

as Shuntaro Sometani

Yuina Kuroshima

as Umeko Kurihara

Masatoshi Nagase

as Shusei Yamaoka

Kengo Kora

as Takayuki Motegi

Mao Inoue

as Kotoe Tachibana

Takuma Otoo

as Torao Yasuda

Yutaka Takenouchi

as Tadayoshi Kimura

Naoto Takenaka

as Tomio Aoki

Eri Watanabe

as Toyoko Aoki

Fumiyo Kohinata

as Shigezo Tachibana

Yusuke Sugiyama

as Iwatetsu

Hitoshi Nonomura

as Subordinate

Sosuke Ikematsu

as Buntaro Futagawa