“Minori-no-hatake (2018)” Photo: Makiko Tanigawa
“Minori-no-hatake (2018)” Photo: Makiko Tanigawa
“Minori-no-hatake (2018)” Photo: Makiko Tanigawa
Senior theater troupe Kanjuku-za, whose members are all 60 or over, performs a play on the theme of agriculture. Junior high schooler Minori is upset by the discord between her parents. For summer vacation, she goes to stay on the farm where her uncle and grandmother live. What she finds there is a tomato field fallen into decay, and a grandmother suffering from dementia.
Performers: 32 members of senior theater group Kanjuku-za
Writer/director: Ema Kujira
Composer: Chikako Minagawa
Audio guides for people with visual impairment are provided to support the theater experience.
Ema Kujira
Playwright/director/actor/producer Ema Kujira was born in 1973. She started the senior theater troupe Kanjuku-za in 2006. In 2012 she founded NPO Senior Theater Network, which holds the biannual National Senior Theater Competition. She is also energetically engaged in activities promoting barrier-free theaters.
Ema Kujira
President
NPO Senior Theater Network
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