WILCO

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

minamosa

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2013 Phase II Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant (Single Year Grant Program)

"Their Enemy" (2013) Photo by Takayasu HATTORI

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Business Overview

One day, a young man from a typical Japanese family announced that he was going to join a foreign army. French foreign troops, American private military companies, any conflict zone around the world waiting for mercenaries. Even Japanese who have renounced war can participate in war. People might kill me. It could kill people. Why does he go to such lengths to fight? For world peace? For people in trouble there? To protect my family in front of me? To feel alive? Or just because you want to fight? This is a Japanese war story that exists here and now, drawn in the small unit of a family. Writer and director: Misaki Setoyama Drama tag: Kenshiro Nakata Cast: Taiki Kaji, Miyuki Sato, Kenshiro Nakata, Yosuke Asakura, Daisuke Yamamori, Shigeru Sato, Shuhei Eto, Kahori Kawashima

implementation period

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 to 29th (Sun)

Place of implementation

Za Koenji 1 (Suginami Ward, Tokyo)

Profile

[Minamamoza]
Established in 2001 as an organization that performs the works of playwright and director Misaki Setoyama. In 2011, Emotional Labor was selected as Theatretram Next Generation Vol. 3. Depicts the struggles of individuals living in contemporary Japan while centering on social themes. His best-known works include Hot Particles, a documentary about Setoyama himself in the aftermath of the earthquake, Fingers, a short story about mental standards, and Their Enemy, about the kidnapping of a Japanese university student in Pakistan.