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『Heisei no Yume』

  • Organization : Japanese Life
  • Section : Artistic and creative activity in Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single
  • Art Forms : Theater

Outline

A situation comedy portraying the misunderstandings between a group of young people who meet up again for the first time in some years at an evacuation center, on the night when the strongest typhoon in Japan’s recorded history passes through.

Performers
Haruhi Ito, Rei Sasada, Hayato Takeda, Makoto Enomoto, Tomohiro Akutsu, Ryota Sasakura, Yume Koga, Yui Kato

Production staff
Stage manager: Hayato Takeda
Assistant stage manager: Okuizumi
Design: Nanao Hayasaka
Sound: Sakura Fujiwara
Lighting: Miyu Fujioka
Costume: Yume Koga
Associate director: Nanao Hayasaka
Producer: Paya Ishiyama / Yume Koga
Associate producer: Rino Miyasaka/Kinako Kita
Publicity art: Paya Ishiyama
Video production: Paya Ishiyama
Documentary footage: Takuma

Profile

Japanese Life
A unit started by playwright/actor Makoto Enomoto. Themed around “the comedy of our hectic lives,” Japanese Life depicts us as we are, desperately racing around to resolve the incidents that occur in our daily lives. Japanese Life explores “the everyday comedy that emerges from half-baked reality.”

Makoto Enomoto
Playwright/director/actor.
Enomoto began theater through a university club. He has presented and performed numerous works under the theme of “the comedy of our hectic lives,” showing young people as they are, desperately trying to overcome difficulties even as they laugh. He formed the theatrical unit Japanese Life in January 2023

Contact

Makoto Enomoto
Directly
Japanese Life

Venues

Shimokitazawa OFF・OFF Theatre,Setagaya City,Tokyo