Film "SHUMEI": Venice International Film Festival Screening
Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 5
- Dates
- Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 5
- Area
- Venice, Italy
- Tickets
- See official site
- Officially checked
- Aug 15, 2026
The film "SHUMEI" screens at the Venice International Film Festival. Shumei — the succession of a great stage name — steps in front of a global audience: a landmark moment in kabuki's journey beyond Japan.
FOR FIRST-TIMERSIf this is your first time
The Venice International Film Festival is the world's oldest film festival. This screening carries the story of a kabuki name succession to international audiences. If you are in Japan, follow the news and our related articles here on D-13.
Whether Danjūrō himself will attend or appear on stage in Venice is still being confirmed with official sources.
Links to: La Biennale di Venezia official page
FROM THE OFFICIAL CHANNEL
KABUKU. / Ichikawa Danjūrō.See it in his own films
【初公開！】襲名で披露予定だった幻のセリフを公開！動画の最後では誰も知らない裏話も⁉︎
Jun 7, 2020
The real events behind the film's subject: Danjūrō speaks aloud, for the first time, the lines prepared for a name-succession announcement that never took place as planned.