Moving image improvisation with shakuhachi

Описание: Improvisation with Moving Image: I used four different shakuhachi flutes, (2.8 jinashi, 2.8 ji-mori, 2.7 jiari and 1.8 jiari) and recorded my improvisation directly as audio tracks. On the whole I used six audio tracks to create the improvised soundtrack/ambience for the movie scene.

The scene is the duel between Hikokuro and Hanshirō. In a brief but tense sword fight, Hikokuro suffers a double disgrace: his sword is broken and his topknot is taken as well. As proof, Hanshirō removes their labelled topknots from his kimono and casts them upon the palace courtyard. He mocks the Iyi clan…

Extract is from Harakiri (1962). (切腹, Seppuku[, 1962) – The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells the story of the rōnin Hanshirō Tsugumo,[3] who requests to commit seppuku (harakiri) within the manor of a local feudal lord, using the opportunity to explain the events that drove him to ask for death before an audience of samurai. The film continues to receive critical acclaim, often considered one of the best samurai pictures ever made.

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
With Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama and Shima Iwashita.
Film clip © Shochiku Company.