Plutu Pluto
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- TOKYU BUNKAMURA, Inc.
- subsidy category
- Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY 2017 Tokyo Culture Program Grant: Support for a project to build momentum
Business Overview
"PLUTO" (Shogakukan) is a masterpiece produced under the supervision of Tezuka Makoto by Naoki Urasawa, who continues to produce hit works at the forefront of manga, and story co-creator Naoshi Nagasaki, who longed for a remake of Osamu Tezuka's "Astro Boy: The Biggest Robot on Earth." It is still popular all over the world. In 2015, director and choreographer Sidi Larbi Sherkawi adapted the manga PLUTO for the first time as a theatrical production, Pluto. In 2018, the 90 year anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's birth, in Shibuya, Tokyo, this work will be re-released to the world, using a variety of expression methods that go beyond the bounds of theater, including dance, music, images, and puppets. Original work by staff: "PLUTO" (produced and supervised by Naoki Urasawa × Osamu Tezuka Naoshi Nagasaki/cooperated by Makoto Tezuka/Tezuka Productions) Direction and choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and others Cast: Mirai Moriyama, Tao Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Daitoh, Kazutoyo Yoshimi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Akira Emoto and others
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, January 6, 2018 - Wednesday, March 14
- Venues
- Bunkamura Theater Cocoon (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Tokyu Bunka Mura Co., Ltd.]
Tokyu Bunka Mura Co., Ltd. was established in November 1888 through a joint investment by Tokyu Department Store Co., Ltd. and Tokyu Corporation to operate the Bunkamura cultural complex. Orchad Hall, Theatre Cocoon, The Museum, Le. Grand opening on September 3, 1889 as a cultural complex with 5 halls of Cinema 1 and 2 and related facilities. Since then, it has been actively engaged in cultural activities in accordance with its objectives in the fields of music, theater, art and video. In July 2012, Tokyu Theater Orb also began operating.