Gotsupro! The 10th performance
"It's only a 10 year festival"

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Gotsupro GK

subsidy category

Grant for Creating Attractive Art and Culture

Grant Type

single year

FY 2024 (Phase 2) Grant for Creating Attractive Arts and Culture

Gotsupro! The 10th performance "It's just a 10 year festival" (2024) Photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe

Gotsupro! The 10th performance "It's just a 10 year festival" (2024) Photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe

Gotsupro! The 10th performance "It's just a 10 year festival" (2024) Photo by Kazuhiro Watanabe

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Business Overview

Based on its corporate philosophy of "From Shimokita to the World," the company has been promoting international exchange with Taiwan through theater since 2018. We are confident that it will promote cross-border cultural exchanges and contribute to the development of the two countries' theatre communities. The stage is written and directed by Yukihiro Kawana, who presides over the theater company "Tokyo Yoko," which specializes in portraying profound human dramas with the subtlety of delicate words through unique spatial direction. Kitahechizawa Onsen is a hot spring town during the war in the 1940s. Elderly men, who had been spared from sending troops, began to prepare for the festival in high spirits, but the war situation was deteriorating. The festival has no history, no tradition, and no supporters. It is a story of men who, despite being called reckless, push through the murky waters with their faith towards the invisible light. Performers: Daisuke Tsukahara/Yasuyuki Hamatani/Masakazu Sato/Tomozuka Izumi/Satoshi Watanabe/44 Kitagawa • Stage director: Atsushi Kimura/Art: Toshie Tanaka/Lighting: Daisuke Aoki/Sound: Takaazusa Okamura/Costume: Norito Kaminami/Assistant director: Kyosuke Akutsu/Subtitles: Nanako Nakazono/Advertising art: Hiroki Kashiwa/Advertising photo: MASA HAMANOI/Advertising video: Toru Katayama/Website production: Daigo Yamada/Production coordinator: Izumi Endo/Public relations: Miho Horiike/Producer: Daisuke Tsukahara

implementation period

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - 22nd (Sun)

Place of implementation

The Suzunari (Setagaya Ward, Tokyo)

Profile

[Gotsu Pro GK]
Started business in 2016
Composed of 7 male actors and 1 producer in their 40s and 50s who have been active for more than 20 years to create and transmit overwhelming works that make viewers rediscover the meaning of life.
Centering on writer Takeda Arata's heartwarming comedy, through ‘21 directed by Yamanoumi
‘16 ‘ The Highest Hospitality ’ ‘17 ‘ Men of Cabaret ’ Shimokitazawa Ekimae Theater
‘18 ‘ The Three Threads ’ ‘19 ‘ The Sound of Awa ’ ‘20 ‘ The Ruins of Hazama ’ Honda Theater, Osaka, Taiwan
‘21 ‘ The Edge of the Other Side ’ Honda Theater (The second day of the event was cancelled due to the state of emergency.)
‘22 ‘ 12 Angry Men ’ directed by Nishizawa Eiji, Honda Theater
‘23 ‘ Inorebaka ’ written by Tamura Takahiro, directed by Honda Theater
‘24 ‘ Murai no Nyobo ’ written by Aoyama Masaru, directed by Honda Theater, Kyushu
‘ Just 10 Years of Matsuri ’ written by Kawana Yukihiro, directed by The Suzunari, Taiwan
‘25 The 11 th performance will be held at Honda Theater, Taiwan.