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Off-Ramp

Puppets of Japan

It takes three men to operate a Bunraku puppet.
It takes three men to operate a Bunraku puppet.
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Courtesy of Japanese American Cultural Center
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About the Show

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppetry performed with child-size puppets. For the first time in twenty years, the National Puppet Theater of Japan puts on a puppet show in Los Angeles.