Komatsuza 157th performance “Kokugo jiken satsujin jiten”
Business Overview
Written by Hisashi INOUE and directed by Naoko OKOCHI
"Dictionary of Japanese Cases and Murders" was first performed at Kinokuniya Hall in 1982 as the first performance of the one-man theatrical company 'Shabon Throne' directed by Shoichi OZAWA, a sworn ally of Hisashi INOUE. At that time, it was a popular play that was performed with so many people standing in the audience. It was performed at the Komatsu-za Theater more than 40 years after the first performance.
Hisashi Inoue's theory of language comically and cynically portrays the fun of "language" with the manner and freedom of play.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, March 7, 2026 to 29th (Sun)
- Venues
- Kinokuniya Southern Theater TAKASHIMAYA (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
- Viewing Support Contents
- Lending script tablets, audio guides, wheelchair seats
- Viewing Support Date and Time
- Script tablet rental
Sunday, March 8, 2026 to 29th (Sun)
Audio guide rental
Thursday, March 26, 2026 day and night performances
Wheelchair seats
All performances
Profile
[Komatsuza]
Inoue Hisashi, an author and playwright, established Komatsuza in 1983 as a member of the troupe, and the following year he launched the troupe with "Headache and Shoulder Sickness Higuchi Ichiyo." Since then, he has specialized in making plays related to Hisashi INOUE. His recent works include the 2003 Yomiuri Engeki Taisho Award for Best Film (), the 2010 Yomiuri Engeki Taisho Award for Arts Honorary Prize (Hisashi INOUE), the 2012 Kinokuniya Engeki Taisho Award for Group Prize (the stage performance of '77 Festival 2012 on the birth of Hisashi INOUE'), the 2016 Yomiuri Engeki Taisho Award for Best Film ("Manzana, my city"), and many others.