盲目の青年、目に焼き付く空襲の風景と苛烈な孤独が三島の言葉で立ち上がる。

Artist/Company
BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI [From Tottori, Japan]
Date
Saturday, 21 September, 11:00-
Sunday, 22 September, 11:00-
Saturday, 28 September, 11:00-
Sunday, 29 September, 11:00-
*There will be a talkback after each performance.
Running Time
55 minutes
Venue
The Assembly Hall Theatre
Price
Adults: 2,800 yen*
under 18: 500 yen
Preschool-aged children: Free
*Including one drink voucher for use at the Café
Mobile subtitles
Mobile devices for Japanese or English subtitles available
About the programme開く

MISHIMA was 20 years old when the war ended. He was a young man who lived as a brilliant bureaucrat and a supremely gifted author in a Japanese society that changed drastically after that day. This work reflects the distrust this young man felt towards his parents' generation. One of the things his parents' generation represents is the old Japan. Another is the USA. MISHIMA is in between the two, loved by everyone but searching for where he should go; he is symbolised by Toshinori, a blind, beautiful young man. Toshinori, who says that the raging fires of air raids are the only thing he can believe in, is MISHIMA himself, so it is no wonder that MISHIMA later developed a unique ideal of a nation centred on the Emperor.

Synopsis開く

Toshinori is a war orphan, blinded by the raging fire from air raids during the Pacific War.

Fifteen years after the war, his foster parents and his birth parents fight over custody, so he meets them with the attendance of mediator SAKURAMA Shinako at the court. Both couples use every word to try to win Toshinori's favour, but he coldly twists the parents around. Alone with SAKURAMA, Toshinori begins to tell the story of the hell of the air raids.

Cast/Staff開く

Text: MISHIMA Yukio

Direction: NAKASHIMA Makoto

Performed by KOSUGE Hiroshi, TAKAHASHI Hitoshi, YASUDA Maya, SAITO Yoriaki, GOTO Shiori, NAKAGAWA Rena

Scenic Designer: NAKASHIMA Makoto

Sound manager: HARA Nobuhiro(Ohara Kikaku)

Lighting Designer: OSAKO Kouji

Lighting Technician: INAKA Masahiro

Host/Grant開く

【Host】BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI

【Grant】gency for Cultural Affairs Grant for the Promotion of Culture and the Arts (Project for Promoting the Functional Enhancement of Theatres, Music Halls, Etc.)/ Japan Arts Council/ FY2024 Tottori Prefecture Subsidy for Art Promotion and Regional Revitalisation Projects through the Creation and Dissemination of Excellent Theatre

【Support】Tottori Prefecture/ Tottori City/ Tottori Prefecture Board of Education/ Tottori City Board of Education/ The Non Profit Organization 'The Council for Area Development and Management of Insyu Shikano’ / The Tottori University Art Center Affiliated to the Faculty of Regional Sciences/ The Shin Nihonkai Shimbun Co.,Ltd./ Furusato Shikano Co.