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Talking the Pictures
Talking the Pictures

Talking the Pictures

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

129 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

13 December 2019

Country

Japan

Cast

Ryo Narita

Ryo Narita

Shuntaro Sometani

Yuina Kuroshima

Yuina Kuroshima

Umeko Kurihara

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Shusei Yamaoka

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Takayuki Motegi

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue

Kotoe Tachibana

Takuma Otoo

Takuma Otoo

Torao Yasuda

Yutaka Takenouchi

Yutaka Takenouchi

Tadayoshi Kimura

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Tomio Aoki

Eri Watanabe

Eri Watanabe

Toyoko Aoki

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Shigezo Tachibana

Yusuke Sugiyama

Yusuke Sugiyama

Iwatetsu

Minami Kajihara

Minami Kajihara

Hitoshi Nonomura

Hitoshi Nonomura

Subordinate

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Buntaro Futagawa

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