# The Lion Dance (1936)

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**Original title**: *菊五郎の鏡獅子*
**Runtime**: 24 min
**Genres**: Music, Documentary
**Directed by**: Yasujirō Ozu
**Starring**: Kikugorô Onoe, Kinjirou Onoe, Shigeru Onoe, Wafuu Matsunaga, Shinzou Fujita, Izaburou Kashiwa

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Kabuki fireworks meets backstage realism. A veteran actor’s daughter channels a lion spirit live, her body and face twisting into raw primal fury. The camera stays in long takes, letting the terror breathe.

**Mood tags**: dread, surreal

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