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Kunhyung Park + Namsan Arts Center "All the Soldiers are Pathetic"

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  • Theater / Dance
Photo: Gang Mool Lee (c) Namsan Arts Center

The memories of the dead ask questions of the living

Kunhyung Parkʼs Theatre Company Golmokil cuts deep into contemporary society from the perspective of those who dwell in the backstreets. After producing a satire about the previous president of South Korea, Kunhyung Park had difficulty making new work for some time due to government pressure. Premiered in March to widespread attention, this ambitious play unfolds across four storylines: an army deserter in 2015; Korean kamikaze pilots in 1945; contractors for the United States army in Iraq in 2004; and the crew of a patrol boat sunk near Baengnyeong Island, on the maritime boundary with North Korea, in 2010. Tracing the lives of these people, the at times witty play transcends the divide of history to pose compelling questions for our lives in the present. Who is the perpetrator and who is the victim? Why is there war? And where is the real battle line?

Running Time: 100 min. (no interval)
Language: Performed in Korean with Japanese surtitles English synopsis available

Dates

Thursday, October 27, 19:30
Friday, October 28, 19:30
Saturday, October 29, 14:00★
Sunday, October 30, 14:00★
*Box office opens 1 hour before. Doors open 30 minutes before.

★Post-performance talk

Cast & Creative Team

Written and Directed by Kunhyung Park
Performers: Yeonik Chang, Jinhwan Son, Jieun Kang, Younchoon Han, Jinwoong Lim, Donggap Seo, Soohee Ko, Taegeon Kwon, Wonjae Lee, Hoyeal Lee, Kookjin Kim, Eunu Kim, Byunggeon Kim, Kyoungil Kim, Dongwon Kim, Jaehyun Shim, Soyoung Ahn, Sarang Shin, Yeongbeom Na, Jeehwan Ahn

Technical Manager: Minsoo Park
Stage Design: Sangbong Park
Stage Manager: Eunjun Lee
Lighting: Changgi Kim
Lighting Operator: Myungjin Lee
Music, Sound: Minsoo Park
Sound Operator: Soomin Hong
Choreographer: Seongho Choi
Costumes, Props: Eunchang Bae, Hyeseong Ryu
Makeup: Kyeongsuk Jang, Sujin Park
Surtitles Operator: Jinung Jung
Translation: Juri Ishikawa
Production Coordinators: Hoyeal Lee, Juri Ishikawa, Yourim Jo (Namsan Arts Center), Moon Noh (Namsan Arts Center)
Co-produced by Namsan Arts Center, Theatre Company Golmokil

Tokyo Production
Technical Manager: Eiji Torakawa
Stage Manager: Kazuhiko Nakahara
Lighting Coordinator: Makiko Sasaki (Factor Co., Ltd.)
Sound Coordinator: Akira Aikawa (Sound Weeds Inc.)
Surtitles Coordinator: Shiori Ueno
Props Coordinator: Hikari Osanai
Stage Assistant: Yukiko Kato
Production Coordinator: Akiko Juman (Festival/Tokyo)

Tickets

Advance: 3,500 yen
Same Day: 4,000 yen
All seats reserved

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Contact

Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee Office
1-15-10 Kita-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0004 Japan
TEL:03-5961-5202
FAX:03-5961-5207
E-mail: contact@festival-tokyo.jp

Period

Thursday, October 27 – Sunday, October 30, 2016

Venues

Owlspot Theater

Credit

Organized by
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee,
Toshima City, Toshima Future Culture Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan (NPO-ANJ),
Arts Council Tokyo & Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

Festival/Tokyo 2016 is organized as part of Tokyo Metropolitan Festival 2016.