PROGRAM
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Autumn Selection
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Presents Kinoshita-Kabuki “Kanjincho”
Director and stage design: Kunio Sugihara [KUNIO]
Performers: Lee the 5th, Ryotaro Sakaguchi, Noemi Takayama, Yasuhiro Okano, Kazunori Kameshima, Hiroshi Shigeoka, Yuya Ogaki
Swings: Tohihiko Sato, Daichi
First Tokyo performance of the masterpiece by Kinoshita-Kabuki × Kunio Sugihara
This year’s festival features Kinoshita-Kabuki’s version of the famous Kabuki work “Kanjincho,” which the group first performed in 2010 and which it reworked and performed in Paris to great acclaim in 2016. “Kanjincho” is a tale of loyalty depicting the attempt by samurai Yoshitsune and his band to cross a hostile checkpoint. This boldly reconstructed masterwork which broke all preconceived notions is finally being performed in Tokyo. This production sees the return of an entertaining yet intense drama where the “boundaries” encompassing modern society intersect.
Benkei and Yoshitsune - characters who cross all sorts of borderlines.
Witness the return of a fusion work that flits between Kabuki and contemporary drama.
Schedule
Start |
Friday, Sep.1 |
Saturday, Sep.2 |
Sunday, Sep.3 |
Monday, Sep.4 |
Tuesday, Sep.5 |
13:00 | ⚫️ | ⚫️ | No Performance | ⚫️ | |
19:00 | ⚫️ |
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Wednesday, Sep.6 |
Thursday, Sep.7 |
Friday, Sep.8 |
Saturday, Sep.9 |
Sunday, Sep.10 |
13:00 | ▲ | ⚫️ | |||
19:00 | ⚫️ | ⚫️ | ⚫️ | ▲ |
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Monday, Sep.11 |
Tuesday, Sep.12 |
Wednesday, Sep.13 |
Thursday, Sep.14 |
Friday, Sep.15 |
13:00 | No Performance | ⚫️ | |||
19:00 | ☆ | ⚫️ | ⚫️ |
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Saturday, Sep.16 |
Sunday, Sep.17 |
Monday, Sep.18 |
Tuesday, Sep.19 |
Wednesday, Sep.20 |
13:00 | ⚪︎ | ◎ | ☆ | No Performance | |
19:00 | ⚪︎ |
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Thursday, Sep.21 |
Friday, Sep.22 |
Saturday, Sep.23 |
Sunday, Sep.24 |
13:00 | ◎ | ● | ● | |
19:00 | ● |
Organizer
Organized by Tokyo Festival Executive Committee [Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo), Tokyo Metropolitan Government]
Subsided by Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities
Sponsored by Asahi Group Japan, Ltd. planned and produced by Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Kinoshita-Kabuki / General Incorporated Association Juraisha
Inquires
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Box Office
TEL: +81(0)570-010-296 (10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. except when theatre is closed)
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