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Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (The Ghost Story of Tokaido Yotsuya) show poster

Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (The Ghost Story of Tokaido Yotsuya) at New National Theatre Tokyo

Dates: (6/10/2015 - 6/28/2015 )

Theatre:

New National Theatre Tokyo


1-1-1, Hon-machi
Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 151-0071

Phone: +81-(0)3-5352-9999

Tickets: ¥3,240.00 - ¥8,640.00

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Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (The Ghost Story of Tokaido Yotsuya) is a masterful dramatic kabuki work by TSURUYA Nanboku IV, and first premiered in 1825 at the Nakamuraza Theatre, one of the three theatres in Edo at the time. It has since been recast in many other genres such as rakugo, modern drama, film, television, manga and animation. It has also significantly influenced drama overseas.

The 71-year-old Nanboku wrote this drama as a spin-off from Chushingura, based on the actual bloodshed of the Genroku Era and well known legends. The premiere was a tie-in with Kanadehon Chushingura. Love and hatred between man and woman are plainly presented together with the dark burden of karma. The stage props make for a visual spectacle, and, to use modern parlance, the entertainment factor in the staging is strong. The cast's energetic presentation of the characters is also bound to stimulate. In this much loved familiar work, the audience very much empathies and identifies with the characters.

MORI Shintaro will be directing for the first time at the Playhouse. His Waiting for Godot of 2011 and Edward II of 2013 were both bold and meticulous in their staging, and we look forward to how he will use the Playhouse space to its fullest advantage.

Cast and Creative team for Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (The Ghost Story of Tokaido Yotsuya) at New National Theatre Tokyo

written by?TSURUYA Nanboku
Directed by?MORI Shintaro
Script for this performance is written by?FUJINO Satsuko


Cast:
UCHINO Seiyo 4 AKIYAMA Natsuko 5

HIRA Takehiro 6 YAMAMOTO Akira 7 OOTAKA Akira 8 KINOSHITA Hiroyuki 9 ARIZONO Yoshiki 10

KIMURA Yasushi 11 SHIMOFUSA Gentaro 12 JINNAI Sho 13 TANIYAMA Tomohiro 14 SAKO Yoshi 15

KITAGAWA Katsuhiro 16 UNEZAWA Yasuyuki 17 IMAKUNI Masahiko 18 INABA Shunichi 19 Wasshoi GOTO 20 MORINO Kenichi 21 YORITA Koji 22

KAO Osamu 23 ONO Takehiko

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