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Benshi Live

April 30, 2025

Silent film musicians and a benshi with Hamilton’s performers.
Silent film musicians and a benshi with Hamilton’s performers.
Tags Japanese Cinema

Six students in Introduction to Japanese Film taught by Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori (Taoyu Chen, Hoang Do, Daniel Finger, Sabrina Hua, Micah Stimson, and Dyllon Young) worked on their original “benshi” scripts for Omori’s silent documentary film, Crossroads in Context (2014) and performed live at an F.I.L.M. event on September 28, 2014 with original live music played by an ensemble of international musicians.



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