{"rewrite":{"id":"r_485da75c8ba934c7c442d740","clusterId":"c_fa5116a63e920fc384482aab","slug":"miike-s-danjuro-documentary-wins-cinema-arts-award-at-venice","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Miike's Danjuro Documentary Wins Cinema \u0026 Arts Award at Venice","summary":"The documentary 'Shumei', directed by Takashi Miike and following kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro, won the Best Film award in the Cinema \u0026 Arts Award at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where it screened Out of Competition. The award is an official independent prize judged by theater and film director Alessio Nardin. Miike credited Danjuro for the win and said he was glad to carry kabuki abroad through film.","whyItMatters":"Venice's independent Cinema \u0026 Arts prize, built to judge where film meets theater and performing arts, went to a documentary about a kabuki name succession, which puts the ceremony's staging rather than its box office at the center of the recognition.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe film records the 13th Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen Shumei Announcement held in 2022, the ceremony at which the 11th Ichikawa Ebizo took the name of the 13th Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen and his son Kangen took the name of the 8th Ichikawa Shinnosuke. Miike, who had worked with Danjuro on \u0026#39;Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai\u0026#39; in 2011, directs; contemporary artist Takashi Murakami created the celebration curtain. The award jury, led by the prize\u0026#39;s conceiver Alessio Nardin, cited the film\u0026#39;s movement between the Ichikawa family\u0026#39;s private life and the rituals of the theater.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Shumei screened Out of Competition at Venice, so its Cinema \u0026 Arts Award sits outside the main jury slate. Miike's win routes a kabuki subject through a film festival's independent arts prize instead.","twitterPost":"Shumei competed Out of Competition, so its Cinema \u0026 Arts Award came from a separate jury headed by theater and film director Alessio Nardin.","threadsPost":"Shumei screened Out of Competition, which puts its Cinema \u0026 Arts Award outside the main Venice competition slate. The prize came from a separate jury led by theater and film director Alessio Nardin, and Miike framed the win as carrying kabuki abroad through film.","newsletterBlurb":"Takashi Miike's documentary 'Shumei', about kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro, won Best Film in the Cinema \u0026 Arts Award at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The film screened Out of Competition and covers the 2022 ceremony where Danjuro took the name of the 13th Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen. Miike credited Danjuro for the award.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156857\",\"title\":\"Ichikawa Danjuro Documentary Film 'Shumei' Achieves Feat at Venice Film Festival! First Japanese Film to Win Best Film in 'Cinema \\u0026 Arts Award'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4633,"outputTokens":639,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789126167,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T11:23:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-11T11:28:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T11:28:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fa5116a63e920fc384482aab","canonicalTitle":"市川團十郎のドキュメンタリー映画『襲名』がベネチア映画祭で快挙！日本映画として初の「Cinema \u0026 Arts Award」最優秀作品賞受賞","representativeArticleId":"a_dac7ba50d03df3f912cd766e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Shumei\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Ichikawa Danjuro\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-11T10:39:37.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-11T10:39:37.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T11:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156857","title":"市川團十郎のドキュメンタリー映画『襲名』がベネチア映画祭で快挙！日本映画として初の「Cinema \u0026 Arts Award」最優秀作品賞受賞"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Shumei"],"studios":[],"people":["Ichikawa Danjuro"],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}