Puppet Master Sakon (Tales of Puppetmaster Sakon) (TV Series)
1999 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
The dark-haired bishounen is Sakon Tachibana, a puppeteer, and the other is Ukon, his favorite puppet, and best friend. Sakon is the (only) grandson of Saemon Tachibana, a national treasure of Japan famous for his manipulation of Bunraku puppets. Ukon is a child doll puppet made in the early Meiji era by the famous female dollmaker Unosuke. Together they run into murders and solve them.
Direction Hitoyuki Matsui
Soundtrack Norihiro Tsuru · Akino Arai · Humming Bird
Screenplay Soutarou Hayashi · Masaru Miyazaki
Cinematography Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Original title Karakurizoushi Ayatsuri Sakon (TV Series)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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