| Stage Plays 1 |
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| Shibuya Kaidan (1979) |
| Macbeth (1982) |
| Hamlet (1983 - 1984) |
| November 19 - 30, 1983 at Seibu Theater, Tokyo & other cities. |
| Cast: Kei Yamamoto: Hamlet Toru Masuoka: Claudius Tetsuko Kobayashi:Gertrude Keninchi Matsuno: Polonius Koji Yakusho:Laertes Akemi Nakamura:Ophelia Yoko Hara: Ophelia Masaufumi Sato:Horatio Shinji Ogawa: Osric/Grave digger/Player Takashi Gojo: Guildenstern/Captain/ Tatsuhiko Tomoi:Fortinbras/Player Umitaro Nozaki: Rosencrants/Priest ............... |
| Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Tomoe Ryu |
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| November 13 - 30, 1982 at Seibu Theater, Tokyo & other cities |
| Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Tomoe Ryu |
| Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai: Macbeth Kei Yamamoto: Malcome Ai Kanzaki: Lady Macbeth Shinji Ogawa: Witch1 Masafumi Sato:Macduff Takashi Gojo:Witch2 Daisuke Ryu: Banquo Koji Yakusho: Ross Hiroshi Okawa: Lennox Hajime Mori: Donadbain Goro Ohashi: Ross Toru Masuoka: Duncan ........... |
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| Cast: Daisuke Ryu: Shima Urataro Ai Kanzaki: Nakamura Towa Saeko Kawazu: Nakamura Shizuku Shinji Ogawa: Theater Owner Miwako Arita: Actress, Miyako Koji Yakusho: Actor, Nagasaki Motomi Yoshii: Actress, Yoshiko Hajime Mori: Actor, Shin-ichi Takako Honda: Actres, Kako Yumiko Mukouda: Actress, Yumeko Wakame Makita: Actress, Maiko Hideko Matsuno: Actress, Matsue |
| Written and directed by Tomoe Ryu |
| November 1 - 5, 1979 at Shibuya Jan-jan, Tokyo (Mumeijuku-Hien) |
| Director Tomoe Ryu (Yasuko Miyazaki) recollects this drama: "Koji Yakusho, who had been at Mumeijuku for two years, sang songs, accompanying himself on the guitar. It was a ghost story with a musical element. The theater was packed full. It was a fearsome but beautiful drama." {Story} Around 1945, a stage-lighting technician, Shima Urataro (Daisuke Ryu), who has just returned from the war, is in love with a beautiful actress, Towa (Ai Kanzaki), who wants to continue acting, remaining young and beautiful eternally. Urataro promisses Towa that he would try to put a good lighting towards Towa's face so that she would look beautiful all the time. One day, Towa hears that Urataro has committed suicide. Years go by, and Towa still continues acting, remaining young and beautiful.... |
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| Oedipus (1978) |
| November 7 - 27, 1978 at Parco-Seibu Theater, Tokyo |
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| Written by Sophocles Directed by Tomoe Ryu Scenario by Tomoe Ryu |
| Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai: Oedipus Ai Kanzaki: Jocastra Koji Yakusho: one of the chorus members |
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