Best documentary I have ever seen. You can feel the love between Yachiyo and Michiko as well as the love, admiration and respect they have for Kyomai and the desire they have to pass it on to the next generation. It is their calling and their destiny.
This is my all time favorite documentary. It touches the depths of your heart. You can feel the passing of the baton, and the love of a grandmother for her granddaughter, and a granddaughter for her grandmother. You can feel the extraordinary bond they share. You can almost see the precious legacy being passed from generation to generation. You can almost see Michiko squaring her shoulders and accepting the mantle of leadership. You can almost see Michiko slowly come to terms with the painful realization that her beloved grandmother wasn't going to live forever, and can feel her determination to hold onto every precious second she has left with her. And you can feel Yachio IV's reluctance to leave this world without performing one last beloved dance.
７：３８あたりからお稽古つけてる曲、姫三社だ～。この前踊ったんで分かった。舞は流派が違うから違うけど。 I recognize the dance they are practicing around 7:38! It's Himesanja. I just danced it, though the choreography was different because I learn from a different school.
Oh how happy I am to find this documentary, I love kyomai and the geisha culture so much I can never get enough of it. It's truly fascinating... I give my greatest respects to Inoue Yachiyo...
Impossible Tsuruha in this video. Mamesuzu is now a very experienced geiko but here she was just a junior maiko. When Tsuruha debuted Mamesuzu was already a geiko.
i like that yachiyo IV's real name is Aiko which is the name of the grand daughter of the empress of Japan while Yachiyo V's real name is Michiko which is the name of the empress of Japan, both grand mothers and grand daughters have the opposite names
LOVE!!!!! This video I also remembered the miyako odori when I was in Kyoto as an x-change student inouye-San is a truly great artist. And deserved the title of national living treasure
