Seinendan in Seoul, Korea in Fall 2009
In September 2009, Seinendan presents "Tokyo Notes" in The 9th Seoul Performing Arts Festival

"Tokyo Notes"
Text and Direction : Oriza Hirata

Performance in Japanese with Korean and Chinese subtitles



 "Tokyo Notes"
An assortment of people visit this small art museum in Tokyo in near future to see the paintings evacuated from war-torn Europe. Focusing on their various concerns (family, job, war, art, etc.) this play constructs a whole world of its own, just like a picture made from mosaic tiles. This piece, whose title pays homage to a masterpiece by filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, "Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari)," is one of the most renowned works of Oriza Hirata. In 1995 he won the Kishida Kunio Drama Award with this piece. Since then Seinendan has been presenting “Tokyo Notes” in various venues in Japan and overseas, including Europe, North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Korea.

Cast Kenji Yamauchi, Yoko Hirata, Hiroko Matsuda, Makoto Adachi, Takako Yamamura, Mizuho Tamura, Kenichi Akiyama, Koji Ogawara, Satoshi Kobayashi, Miyuki Moriuchi, Hiroshi Otsuka, Mizuho Nojima, Chikako Suzuki, Minako Inoue, Tadashi Otake, Yuri Ogino, Tatsuya Kawamura, Mami Goto, Umi Nagano, Natsuko Hori
Staff Technical Director:Takao Nakanishi, Yuko Kumagai
Lighting:Tamotsu Iwaki, Shoko Mishima
Lighting/Subtitle operator:Aya Nishimoto
Scenery:Itaru Sugiyama, Kenji Hamazaki
Administration:Yuko Hayashi, Masashi Nomura
Interpreter:Suhkye Shin, Ami Chong
Venue Daehangno Arts Theater Small Theater
1-67 Dongsoo-Dong, Chongro-Gu, Seoul, Korea
Date 18 October 15h 19h
19 October 15h 20h