Admission fee 3000 Yen

Children preschool age or younger are not allowed to enter.

Okinawa performances
Uruma City Ishikawa Hall
7/15 (Fri) 19:00
7/16 (Sat) 14:00
7/17 (Sun) 14:00
7/18 (Mon) 14:00

Tokyo performances
7/1 (Fri) 14:00 Public Gene/ 19:00 Production
7/2 (Sat) 14:00 Production ※
7/3 (Sun) 14:00 Production ※
※There is an after-talk
Ichiro Takeuchi (Writing/Directing)
Guest 7/2 (Sat) Kenichi Matsuyama (Shinjuku Eisa folk dance Festival Tournament Committee Representative)
7/3 (Sun) Junjo Shindo [Artist]

Inquiries about tickets
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●Synopsis
Okinawa in 1947. Two years after the end of the war, feelings as victims prevailed in the minds of Okinawans. In such harsh times, there were people who survived today straight without losing hope. It is a group of bandits specializing in US military stationing bases called “War Results Aguiya.” The leader is Natsuko Kinjo, a woman who returned to the Philippines. Agiyas who risk their lives and steal against US military opponents in order to survive without despair. In the midst of a defeated country, their strong will and vitality were becoming a threat to the US military. There is only one wish for Agiya. To regain the pride of the lost Okinawans It is to revive the Eisa folk dance Festival. At the end of the con game, Natsuko and the others revive the Eisa folk dance Festival, which is the foundation of their souls.

● Appearances
Cast: Yoshie Ohashi/Takahide Okamoto/Todai Gen/Kasakura Yoshifumi/Baba Taishi/Ryosuke Fujii/Yuki Sato/Mai Moriyama/Ayaka Onoue/Aika Inaba/Kimiko Miyasaka/Ayuko/Izumi Ayuko/Oshima Yoshimue/Kawasaki Takumi/Shimoji Kikuno/Maruyama Ayaka

Performers
Hiraki Yuichi (Sanshin/Ryukyu Classical Yasutomi So-ryu Music Study Morning Meeting)
Sumie Hiraki (Kokyu/Ryukyu Classical Yasutomi So-ryu Music Study Morning Meeting)
Kimura Chika (Flute /Ryukyu Ryukyuan classical music Yasutomi So-ryu Genshokai)


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The spirit of folk grass
TAKEUCHI Ichiro

Maybe it's the “50th performance” that should be commemorated. This is the “10th time” since it began to be done at Kinokuniya Hall. I don't have a lot of feelings, but milestones don't suit our theater. Nonetheless, there is no real feeling that they are taking root, but it seems that someday they are no longer just floating on the surface of the river.
“War Results Aguiyah” is a group of bandits that trades goods stolen from US military bases throughout Asia after World War II. Around 2003, I noticed the existence of War Results Agiya, and started interviewing it, and performed it as “The Divine Eagle Will Not Die” (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre) in 2005. As a work that decorates the tail of the “Burn Traces Gambler Series”.
In 2009, it was revised to “OKINAWA 1947,” and gave it a scale called “Okinawa between Japan and the United States.” I was beginning to think that theater had the function of mirrors reflecting the times. For the first time, it has grown into a work suitable for performing at Kinokuniya Hall.
In 2015, the title “The Fire of Okinawa” was explained, and at this time, I dared to make the hall smaller (Ikebukuro “Box in Box”) and focused on increasing the density of theater.
Incidentally, in 2007, a non-fiction film called Okuno Shuji's “Natsuko” (Bungeishunju), which followed the female master of War Results Agiya, came out. I read it carefully, but if I know the truth, such as bereaved families and friends, there are many people who have a slight touch, and even if I wanted to step in, I could not step in is probably the author's true intention. It's a world where it's hard to get close to facts.
I want to penetrate fiction as a whole, with facts. I want you to touch the dynamism of Uchinanchu, which was openworked in fiction. The joy and sorrow of people's lives are there. There is also a miracle that we are alive now.

TAKEUCHI Ichiro
Born in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture in 1956. Graduated from Yokohama National University. Playwright, director, and professor at Takarazuka University. In his book, “People Look 90%,” Shincho Shinsho. “Tezuka Osamu = The Origin of Story Manga” (Kodansha, Suntory Gakugei Award). His works by Saifu Mei include “Wish upon a Drama Star” (May Shobo, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Performing Arts Creation Encouragement Award Honorable Mention) and “The Man Called Tetsuya Sparrow Hijiri” (Kodansha Manga Award).

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