DULL-COLORED POP Theater Fukushima Trilogy

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Name of the organization or individual

DULL-COLORED POP LLC

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Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

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long-term

2018 Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant (Long-term Grant Program)

Fukushima trilogy part 3 (2019) photo by bozzo

Fukushima trilogy part 1 (2019) photo by bozzo

Fukushima Trilogy Part 2 Photography (2019) Ryoji Shirato

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Tani Kenichi, who has roots in Fukushima, reconsiders Japan's postwar history based on the Fukushima nuclear accident during the Great East Japan Earthquake. Based on his extensive interviews in Fukushima, this trilogy covers the period from the decision to host the nuclear power plant to the eve of the disaster. [Year 1 Project Outline] In the first year of the two years of long-term funding, we performed the first part of the trilogy and were able to ascertain the reaction and direction of the work. Fukushima Trilogy, Part 1: Preceding Performance "1961: The Sun Rising in the Night" Date: July 21, 2018 - August 5 Venue: Komaba Agora Theater Writer/Director: Kenichi Tani (DULL-COLORED POP) Performers: Hideto Higashitani, Kenji Ohara, Kenichi Tsukagoshi, Aki Momoka (DULL-COLORED POP), Ryuta Furuya (Seinen-dang), Yuro Inoue, Kazushi Uchida, Ayaka Ouchi, Natsuho Maruyama, Koshige Miyaji (Year 2 Project Outline) Contents: Based on the success gained from the first part in 2018, this long-running series of performances from Part 1 to Part 3 was performed. It traces the flow of time as it approaches 25 years at a time: 1961, 1986, 2011. Part I, "1961: The Sun Rising in the Night," performed only during the trilogy's run from August 23, 2019 to 28thCast: Hideto Higashitani, Yuro Inoue, Kazushi Uchida (Gekidan Sports), Ayaka Ouchi, Kenji Ohara, Kenichi Tsukagoshi, Koshige Miyaji (Matilda Aparman), Aki Momoka (DULL-COLORED POP), Shoichi Akino, Aimi Kurahashi Part II, "1986: The Ring of Mobius," August 8, 2019 to 11thCast: Koshige Miyaji (Matilda Aparman), Aki Momoka (DULL-COLORED POP), Kenji Kishida, Yuko Kinoshita, Kazuhiro Shiina, Shuji Fujikawa (Blue ☆ Team), Koji Furukawa Part III, "2011: Words That Want to Be Spoken," August 14, 2019 to 18thCast: Hideto Higashitani, Yuro Inoue, Kenji Ohara, Chinatsu Sato, Yuki Hori (DULL-COLORED POP), Ann Arita (Gekidan Shikagatoshi), Minami Shibata (Bungaku-za), Kayako Tsuzuki, Fuka Haruna, Atsushi Hirabuki, Junto Mori, Wataru Yamamoto, Ryo Watanabe Author and director: Kenichi Tani August 8, 2019 to August 28 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater, Theater West, Toshima Ward, Tokyo.

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【DULL-COLORED POP】
Since its foundation in 2005, the company has been challenging to depict subjects with literary depth as pop culture for modern people, under the name and slogan of "dull pop".
His style is wide, and he has a unique presence in the Tokyo theater scene as a rough orthodox school that runs from right to left in the framework of theater, including modern dramas, classical tragedies, absurdities, foreign plays, and musicals.