Takeshita Performance 1: Secret Art of Mito Komon (1990)
A student film made by Shinya Takeshita at the Osaka University of Arts. This short references the popular jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon, a drama that ran for 42 years on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. Takeshita portrays every character by himself. He would recycle this concept a year later for Mito Kōmon tai Gojira.
Director: Shinya Takeshita
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Shinya Takeshita as Mito Kōmon/Hachibei/Sukesaburō |
| Directing | Shinya Takeshita | Director |
| Writing | Shinya Takeshita | Writer |
| Camera | Norie Yokota | Camera Operator |
| Production | Norie Yokota | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Keiichi Sasajima | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Keiichi Sasajima | Assistant Director |