shanmonster: (Dance Monkey Dance!)
I think this clip is both unusual and excellent. It's a tap performance, choreographed by The Stripes, used in the finale of Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi. It's not every day I get to see taiko drumming paired with a huge tap sequence done in kimonos and Mugen slippers.

Date: 2007-05-19 08:21 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] sasha-khan.livejournal.com
Shan - All I'm getting is a vid of a black cat eating a zuchinni...

Buh?

Date: 2007-05-19 08:23 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] sasha-khan.livejournal.com
Working now. weird

Date: 2007-05-19 08:53 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] lizreay.livejournal.com
I love that movie!!!! Well worth checking out the whole thing. There are a few geisha dance solos that are absolutely lovely.

Date: 2007-05-20 12:15 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] miraba.livejournal.com
If you haven't seen the movie yet, you should. There are two percussion interludes done by carpenters and farmers.

Date: 2007-05-20 03:11 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] sarcasm-hime.livejournal.com
This movie is FABULOUS. I need to get it on DVD...loved the playful use of percussion and the dancing. XD

BTW 'Mugen slippers' isn't actually a name of anything, the commenter was merely referring to the shoes worn by a character named Mugen in the anime 'Samurai Champloo'. The shoes in the clip look like modified geta (traditional wooden clogs), designed to be tap-friendly.

Date: 2007-05-21 03:22 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] firelie.livejournal.com
Thanks. I hadn't quite gotten my fill of random yet today.

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