Kyoto, Japan - 1 November 1994; one man - a puppeteer - in shot. Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beg

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Kyoto, Japan - 1 November 1994; one man - a puppeteer - in shot. Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of 17th performance is in Kyoto, in a performance designed so that tourists and other gaijin can understand it.

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