The Last Geisha
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- hydroblast
- subsidy category
- Startup Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 3 (2021) 3rd Startup Grant
Business Overview
A performance piece inspired by geisha culture. Geisha, who entertain guests with polished dances and songs, are disappearing from various parts of Japan as a profession, but at the same time, they are regarded as an entity that conveys the Japanese sense of hospitality and beauty. This film attempts to observe this seemingly obvious "omotenashi" through the actors' bodies. Since the autumn of 2021, he has gathered information from active geisha and practiced performing arts, and created this work while considering matters such as cultural inheritance, entertainment systems and hierarchies, physical gender and gender identity. Writer/Director: Shingo Ota Performers: Kako Takenaka, Terunobu Osaki, Shingo Ota Music/Performance: Kazuhisa Uchihashi Production: Moemi Nagi Planning Production: Hydroblast
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, September 10, 2022 - 11th (Sun)
- Venues
- plan-B (Nakano-ku, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Hydroblast]
A unit that plans and produces plays, performance works and video works. The director and actor is Ota Shingo.