20-year old Japanese film and stage actor Taichi Saotome is famous playing the parts of beautiful young men. He is also known for onnagata, a profession where male actors impersonate women in Japanese kabuki theatre. In this stage performance of “Dragon and Peony” that combines swordsmanship and some form of CGI shadow puppetry, Saotome assumes the role of a warrior locked in an epic battle against his very own shadow.
[via Geekologie]