Talking the Pictures

The film considers what passed for entertainment in Japan a century ago. A young man finds work at a rural cinema, hoping to become a benshi. His dreams hinge on providing live narration to silent films. It's quite a niche aspiration, then and now.

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Masayuki Suō directed Talking the Pictures in 2019. See Masayuki Suō's full filmography, where to start with Masayuki Suō, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masayuki Suō.

Talking the Pictures was released in 2019 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 129 minutes.