| In the part where Gengobei loses the inner fight to hold down his sexual urge for Oman while listening to shinnai, Sadanji chose to have the audience understand the volatile emotion by being rapt in listening to shinnai, while other actors struggled to express the emotion. |
新内を聞きながらおまんへの欲情が抑えきれなくなる件では、他の俳優が表現の工夫にもて余す中で、左團次は何もしないでじっと新内を聞いている演技によって源五兵衛の揺れ動く心理を観客に理解させたという。 |