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Sakamoto Raiko
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Profile:
Aspiring to become a comic book writer as a boy, he was greatly
influenced and consumed by the works of Mizuki Shigeru. His daily
routine was to draw pictures of ghosts and monsters until he was
drawn into the world of film during his second year in junior high
school. Soon after, he sets his ambition to become a benshi (silent
film narrator).
He began his benshi training in 1997 when he joined a narrative
group managed by Matsuda Film Productions. He made his formal debut
in December 2000. The main venues of his live katsuben performances
include small theaters, mini-movie theaters, welfare facilities,
shrines and temples. His has approximately 50 films in his repertoire
including films such as Kurama Tengu, Banba no Chutaro
Mabuta no Haha (Banba no Chutaro, In Search of Mother), Kunisada
Chuji, Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children),
Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, and The Adventurer.
His passion for drawing suddenly resurfaced in 2004 and starts a
new style of performance which involves putting katsuben performance
on his self-produced animation work. He is a benshi who performs
both classic and modern works. Currently, he is an independent benshi.
Past works:
| TV appearance: |
| "Road to Dream" (CX) |
| "Shin Mayonaka no Okoku" (NHK-BS2) |
| "Osama no Brunch" (TBS) |
| "Ekusu Puresu" (TBS) |
| "Za Waido" (Nihon TV) |
| "TXN News Eye" (TV Tokyo) |
| "Niko Niko Owarai Jiru" (brstTV) |
| Others |
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| Radio appearance: |
| "Ei Rokusuke no Doyobi Waido" (TBS) |
| "Kai! Eiga Juku" (Usen440) |
| Others |
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| Stage/events: |
| "Evening of Old and New Silent Film" at Ginza Hakuhinkan
Theater |
| "100th Anniversary of the Birth of Arashi Kanjuro:
Kurama Tengu Festival" at Hibiya Open-Air Music Hall |
| "Ozu Yasujiro Film Special" at Shin-Bungeiza |
| Friends of Silent Film Association (regular appearance) |
| "Screening of Silent Films from the Good Old Days"
at Takehisa Yumeji Museum |
| Benshi no Iru Talkie (talk live) |
| "Samurai Nihon no Katsudo Daishashin" (Rensa-geki:
Performance style combining scenes played on stage with
movie clips) |
| "Kui Hajime no Show Business no Tsukurikata" (Wahaha
Hompo) |
| "Watch Silent Film and Cheer Up!" at Iruma Citizens
College |
| "Avant-garde Evening with Neo-Katsuben" at Tama Cinema
Forum |
| Sumer Sonic 05: SIDE-SHOW |
| Shinshu Environment Fair 2005 |
| Others |
| Also various events at Asakusa Toyokan, Asakusa Mokubatei,
Shinjuku Loft/Plus One and more |
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| Narration: |
Miyama Inc. (CM)
| "Shonen Jet DVD-Box" (Kadokawa Pictures) |
| "Kaisan!? Speed Wagon no Kiki" （SKY PerfecTV!） |
| "Car Ciao," information source on secondhand cars
(PV) |
Others |
| Production of animated images: |
Self-produced katsuben works
| "Momotaro" (Peach Boy) （Placed in the final round
of the Digital Short Award "600 sec." at the Tokyo International
Fantastic Film Festival 2004. Screened at Shinjuku Milano-za.） |
| Five other works |
Outsourced works
| "Hori Monomane DVD: Cho, Mateyo!!" （HoriPro com.） |
| "Shigen-ikka to miru Jissen Katsudo Zone" (Place:
Live screening at the "ENEX2005: Energy & Environment
Exhibition" under the theme of "Harmony between Global
Environment and Energy" at Tokyo Big Sight and Osaka
INTEX.) |
| "Nippon Hitori Gurashi" (contents for mobile phone
provided by Apamanshop) |
| Others |
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Special Package Plan Silent Film Screening with Sakamoto Raiko as
Benshi
https://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_e_4e.html
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