Benshi
Japanese performers who provided live narration for silent films / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Benshi (弁士) were Japanese performers who provided live narration for silent films (both Japanese films and Western films). Benshi are sometimes called katsudō-benshi (活動弁士) or katsuben (活弁).[1]