2014/2015 Season
Performed in Japanese
Playhouse
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.
Staff
written by TSURUYA Nanboku 1
Directed by MORI Shintaro 2
Script for this performance is written by FUJINO Satsuko 3
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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 24
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Booking Opens
Saturday, 4th April 2015
Tickets
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¥8,640 | ¥5,400 | ¥3,240 |
Tax included
The New National Theatre,
Tokyo Box Office:
+81-(0)3-5352-9999
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Ticket are sold via the website of PIA Corporation.
The New National Theatre, Tokyo Box Office:+81-3-5352-9999
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Concession Prices (students, juniors, seniors, groups)
- Discount tickets are not 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.
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- 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.
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