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Yo-Yo Ma - Inspired by Bach No. 5, Struggle for Hope (Cello Suite 5) (1998)
Starring: Yo-Yo Ma, Tamasaburo Bando Director: Niv Fichman Rating
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Format: VHS Tape
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  • Actors: Yo-Yo Ma, Tamasaburo Bando
  • Directors: Niv Fichman
  • Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
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  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Sony
  • VHS Release Date: February 17, 1998
  • Run Time: 55 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 customer reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 1573301280
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,985 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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"Struggle for Hope" (55 min.) features Bach's Suite No. 5 for Unaccompanied Cello. Master Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando sets out on a journey to discover, through traditional Japanese dance, the universality and emotion of Bach's Fifth Suite. The result is this revelatory, cross-cultural and trans-oceanic collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, sensitively documented by filmmaker Niv Fichman.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ecstatic grief, February 7, 2000
By wynalter (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This performance moved me to tears and held me there. The different facets and feelings of grief were portrayed in such beautiful purity that I felt the music and dance pierced through me, turning my own grief to art. Transformative.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bach, Kabuki & a Cello, December 1, 1999
A wonderfully realized film, bringing two brilliant artists together with a visionary filmaker's sure touch. Ma is inspiring and inspired, and Tamasaburo Bando is incredible, in his (Onnagata) role. In my opionion the best of this series. A great gift for any lover of Bach, Kabuki or high art fully exposed and realized. Full of spirit and discovery. An intriguing path-of-discovery from all those involved. Highly recommended!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Diamond in the Rough, February 6, 2001
By A Customer
The "Inspired by Bach" video series builds a different video vignette around each of Bach's Six Cello Suites. This particular installment follows cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Japanese Kabuki dancer Tamasaburo Bando as they choreograph a Kabuki dance to Bach's Cello Suite No. 5. The video begins with a behind-the-scenes look at their collaboration, as they work both in tandem and in isolation on the project, and ends with an uninterrupted performance of the finished product.

I had no familiarity with Kabuki dancing when I saw the video, but none is necessary, as it turns out. The effect of a lone figure on a candle-lit stage with Bach's darkest cello suite playing in the background is rather hypnotic; the elaborate costumes further enhance the visual effect. This collaboration would have been a colossal failure if not for Bando's stunning artistry. Talent aside, his sincerity throughout the video provides a welcome counterbalance to Ma's often melodramatic personality. Of the six videos in the Inspired by Bach series, only this one successfully integrates Bach's music with visual effect.

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