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"Asao Gakujur\u014d as the Boatman Sanj\u016br\u014d, Nakayama Bunshichi as Hayashi Sanzemon, Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke, and Ichikawa Ebij\u016br\u014d II as Horiguchi Manzaemon from the Kabuki Play Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song",
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