Based on the Japanese folk tale “Tsuru no Ongaeshi” (“The crane who returned a favor”) and reset in the present, this one-man stage play portrays a woman living in Tokyo. Three boomboxes on stage play the story of “Tsuru no Ongaeshi” while similar present-day events unfold on stage.
Instead of presenting the somber, serious-feeling theme as is, Ozawa has expanded and developed the theme in a revamped production that gives more prominence to the theme as he originally intended it to be, creating an enjoyable piece of stage entertainment. He achieves this through stage design that features some spectacular contrivances, by change after change of costume, by music that gives you a real sense of live music performance at the theater, and by multiplying the theatrical entertainment factor of these elements.

Performed by: Michinari Ozawa
Production staff
Written and directed by: Michinari Ozawa
Music: Orenograffiti
Set design: Kie Yamamoto
Stage direction: Keisuke Uramoto＋Shifukudan
Lighting: Kaori Minami
Sound: Jun Horie
Costumes: Kyoko Fujitani
Hair and makeup: Tomoka Sasagawa
Stage assistant: Kouichi Isoda
Rehearsal stand-in: Satomi Sugiyama
Publicity art: Kantaro Fujio
Photography: Susumu Miyawaki
Official writer: Yoshiaki Yokogawa
Director of making-of video : Kouhei Taniguchi
Producer: Momoko Handa
Production assistant: Saki Shibata
Tickets: Shion Murata
Planning/production/organization: EPOCH MAN