2015/2016 Season

Performed in Japanese
The Pit

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Running time is approx. 2 hours 45 mins including intervals



Parmaya Sumire (Sumire's Hair Salon) forms the last work in CHONG Wishing's Trilogy. It depicts a Japanese-Korean family caught up in a mining accident at a mining town in Kyushu.
Parmaya Sumire (Sumire's Hair Salon) is set in a beauty salon in a Kyushu mining town in the mid-1960s. It shines a light on the lives of a miner, his family, and those involved with them. The story revolves around a former beautician, TAKAYAMA Sumi, a Japanese-Korean whose wishes to open a beauty salon called Sumire's Hair Salon, and her husband, HARIMOTO Seong Hun, who suffers the after-effects of carbon monoxide poisoning from a mine accident.
This is a portrayal of life lived strongly, under adversity, by common people, through laughter, tears and all moods and circumstances.





Staff

Book and Direction CHONG Wishing 1

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Cast

MINAMI Kaho 2

NEGISHI Toshie 3

MURAKAMI Jun 4

KUBO Chukichi 6

SAKOU Yoshi 7

HOSHINO Sonomi 10

MORITA Kanro 11

NAGAMOTO Hiroshi 12

PARK Seungcheol 13

MORISHITA Yoshiyuki 8

AOYAMA Tatsumi 9

CHIBA Tetsuya 5

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Schedule

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Synopsis

The setting is Kyushu, in 1965, in a small town by the name of Arirang Pass. It looks over the Ariake Sea. On the edge of the Arirang Pass is a hairdresser's, where former beautician Sumi lives with her family. Sumi's husband Seong Hun was involved in a mining accident which left him with the after-effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. The husband of Sumi's younger sister is also afflicted by the same condition, so Sumi begins a fight to the death to preserve their way of life. However, the mining industry is in steady decline...

Booking Opens

Sunday, 13th March 2016

The New National Theatre,
Tokyo Box Office:

+81-(0)3-5352-9999

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Ticket are sold via the website of PIA Corporation.

Concession Prices (students, Over 65s, Under15s, groups)
Discount tickets are not available online.
(Under 15s discounts are now available online)
Please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone. (+81-(0)3-5352-9999　10:00am - 6:00pm)
Booking Z seats (1,620 yen)
Z seats are available at the Box Office from 10:00 a.m. on the day of the performance. One ticket is available per person. Telephone bookings are not accepted.

Please Note

  • No admittance to pre-school children. Each child older than this age requires a ticket for entry, even when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
  • Tickets may not be changed or refunded except in the case of a cancelled performance.
  • A special discount price is available for disabled guests. Please inquire at the Box Office for details.
  • Users of wheelchairs are requested to contact the Box Office before coming to the theatre.
  • Preferred seats may not be available on the first day of ticket sales or times when the operators are busy.