Voices of the Night, Lights Blooming on the Border--Lingering Light of the Performing Arts of the Show (1979)

Voices of the Night, Lights Blooming on the Border--Lingering Light of the Performing Arts of the Show (1979)

Kagushi (street performers), street performers, street performers, strippers, freak shows. Once upon a time, there were entertainments on the streets of Japan that made people laugh and cry on the outside of the system. In the 1960s and 1960s, street performers sang in the corner of a bar area, street entertainers performed, and strip joints were filled with nudity, dialogues, and applause. These performances were not only vulgar, but at the same time, they were small lights that captured the souls of the common people.

As television permeated the home and entertainment was absorbed into broadcasting and advertising, these "borderline entertainments" gradually faded away. However, behind the "boundary performing arts" lay a well-trained body, storytelling skills, and an intense sense of communion with the audience. It was a freedom not protected by the system, excess, and a kind of sincerity.

The show entertainment had a history of discrimination, poverty, and drifting, but it still portrayed people and looked at them. It was a light that bloomed secretly on the reverse side of the Showa era. It was the voice of the night, the light of the freak show.