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Directions to Servants

Directions to Servants

Original Title: 奴婢訓

19781h 46m

Status

Released

Release

1978

Runtime

1h 46m

Storyline

A man claiming to be the heir of an estate in northern japan finds himself at the doors of his mansion, only to find it overrun by servants and maids playing pretend as master or mistress, while the real master is nowhere to be found. As he makes his way down the many rooms of the mansion and witnesses the staff's strange antics, he gradually loses his own role and sense of identity. In this subversive play performed by Tenjo Sajiki, the spectator is asked to question their own role as hierarchical structures are reversed and walls between character and actor, actor and audience gradually break down.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 46m
Jan 1, 1978
Languages
Japanese
Production Countries
Japan

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