Talking the Pictures
2019•2h 9m•7.5•Released
ComedyHistoryDrama
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.
Director
Masayuki Suō
Writer
Masayuki Suō
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Toei Company
Cast
Ryo Narita
Shuntaro Sometani
Yuina Kuroshima
Umeko Kurihara
Masatoshi Nagase
Shusei Yamaoka
Kengo Kora
Takayuki Motegi
Mao Inoue
Kotoe Tachibana
Takuma Otoo
Torao Yasuda
Yutaka Takenouchi
Tadayoshi Kimura
Naoto Takenaka
Tomio Aoki
Eri Watanabe
Toyoko Aoki
Fumiyo Kohinata
Shigezo Tachibana
Yusuke Sugiyama
Iwatetsu
Minami Kajihara
Hitoshi Nonomura
Subordinate
Sosuke Ikematsu
Buntaro Futagawa
Tadaaki Yamada
Production
Company
Toei Company
Company
Kinoshita Group
Company
TV Asahi
Company
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
Company
dentsu
Company
The Asahi Shimbun
Company
Altamira Pictures
Producer
Shoji Masui
Producer
Motoi Sasaki
Producer
Kazuhito Amano
Producer
Takao Tsuchimoto
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