Talking the Pictures (2019)

7.5/10 129 min Comedy History Drama

Overview

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.

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

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