Yakiniku Dragon

2015/2016 Season

Performed in Japanese
The Pit

Supported by Korean Cultural Center, Korean Embassy in Japan

Running time is approx. 3 hours 5 mins including 1 interval

This play is to be performed at the NNTT in 2016 as one in the trilogy by CHONG Wishing portraying the underside of post-war Japanese history. The first play, Tatoeba Nonisaku Hananoyouni (Like Wild Flowers) depicts the 1950s, at the time of the Korean War; Parmaya Sumire (Sumire's Hair Salon) depicts a Japanese-Korean family caught up in a mining accident at a mining town in Kyushu; and Yakiniku Dragon depicts a Japanese-Korean family in the 1970s, at the time of Expo '70, when the Japanese economy was beginning to blossom. CHONG decided to continue writing "Plays that Record the History" owing to the experience of writing this Trilogy for the NNTT.

Yakiniku Dragon is set in a Korean barbecue restaurant in Japan and depicts the current realities, and the past and future, of Korea by way of a Japanese-Korean family, comically, sorrowfully, painfully, in a play with music. It was staged in 2008 and 2011 in Tokyo, Hyogo, Kitakyushu and Seoul to standing ovations every time, receiving very enthusiastic support. This performance is a new version, with an almost complete change of cast.

Staff

Book and Direction CHONG Wishing 1

Cast

MABUCHI Erika 2

NAKAMURA Yuri 3

TAKAHASHI Tsutomu 4

SAKURAI Akiyoshi 7

PARK Seungcheol 8

YAMADA Takayuki 9

OHKUBO Hitoe 10

OSAWA Ken 5

AMEKU Michiko 6

NAM Mi Jung　11

HA Sung Kwang 12

YOO Young Wook 13

KIM Eun Woo 14

JUNG Hye Sun 15

Schedule

March 2016

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

18:30

13:00

18:30

13:00

18:30

13:00

18:30

13:00

18:30

13:00

Synopsis

The setting is a regional town in the Kansai region in 1970, the year Expo '70 was held. The red lantern of the Korean barbecue restaurant, Yakiniku Dragon, glows tonight as well in this corner of Japan, even here being buoyed up by high economic growth.

The owner, KIM Yong Gil, lost his left arm in the Pacific War, but takes it as a given and lives life as usual. The family is somewhat disparate, comprising two daughters by a previous marriage, a step-child brought by the current wife, Young Soon, and a son born between them. Yakiniku Dragon is lively tonight, with the whole family there and the laughing, joking customers. There are tears, quarrels and laughter, occasioned by the most trifling things.

Yet even at Yakiniku Dragon, the waves of the times come surging in.

Booking Opens

Sunday, 24th January 2016

Tickets

A	B
¥5,400	¥3,240

Tax included

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.
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Preferred seats may not be available on the first day of ticket sales or times when the operators are busy.