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*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Phosphorescent Group/Goodfellows Co., Ltd.

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2014 Phase I Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant (Single Year Grant Program)

Photo by Michihiro Furumoto

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Business Overview

This year, which marks 70 years since the 1944 Kaura Japanese prisoner of war escape in Australia, 5 actors from the country have been invited to produce a new international co-production version of "Kaura's Group Leader's Meeting," which was written and directed by Yoji Sakate and performed last March as a work participating in the Tokyo Citizen's Art Festival and received a great response and high acclaim. August 5, 1944. an Allied prison camp in Cowra, New South Wales, during World War II. The largest escape plan in history by 545 captured Japanese soldiers. Australian women of today's age delve into the truth about soldiers forced to make extreme choices. Writer/Director: Yoji Sakate Cast: Matthew Crosby Sonny Vrebac Baylea Davis Sarah Jane Kelly Jane Phegan Mari Nakayama Tenshi Kamogawa Kenjiro Kawanaka Tsunekazu Inokuma Takahiro Onishi and others Staff: Lighting Isao Takebayashi (Ryuzen Lighting) Sound ○ Takeshi Shima (Stage Office) Art ○ Jiro Shima Costume ○ Nobuko Miyamoto Choreography ○ Miho Yanaihara Stage Director ○ Junichi Takahashi Production ○ Michihiro Furumoto Junko Kondo

implementation period

Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 20 (Sun) Tokyo/Japan Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Kobe/Japan Friday, July 25, 2014 Nagoya/Japan Friday, August 1, 2014 - 2 (Sat) Cowra/Australia Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 7 (Thu) Canberra/Australia Sunday, August 10, 2014 Sydney/Australia

Place of implementation

Shimokitazawa The Suzunari (Setagaya Ward, Tokyo) Kobe Art Village Center KAVC Hall (Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) Will Aichi/Will Hall (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) Cowra Civic Centre The Street Theatre (Canberra) NIDA Parade Theatres (Sydney)

Profile

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Focusing on the newly written plays and directed works of the director, Yoji Sakate, this ambitious new performance combines a journalistic point of view with an original theme, while keeping in view the theme of the conflict between < community > and < individual >. In addition to 3~5 performances and tours in Japan, he has performed in 23 cities in 14 countries, including "Capital of the Land of the Gods" and "Attic." There is a rich coexistence of rigid sociality, fantasies born from a critical understanding of Japanese culture, deep consideration of language, and an active spirit of experimentation with physical expression. We will continue to explore the possibilities of contemporary theater by incorporating contemporary themes into the medium of theater and promoting experiments in the form of expression.