Tamasaburo + Kodo "Amaterasu" part 1

This is the beginning of the first half of "Amaterasu", filmed in May 2006 in Tokyo. Tamasaburo directed the performance and co-staged with the Taiko group Kodo. He plays Amaterasu (sun goddess) while Fujimoto Yoshikazu plays Amaterasu's brother Susanoo (god of sea and storm). For more information on this performance, see http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ft20060518a1.html For more information on the story, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu or http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/amaterasu.html