Benefit Night

"KUTSUKAKE TOKIJIRO" Work-in-progress Excerpt

We would like to extend to you our sincere thanks for your support for "KUTSUKAKE TOKIJIRO"production. We were so happy to have many audience for the performance. Also we are sorry for people who could not purchase tickets due to sold-out. However, Kutsukake Tokijiro is a traveler, he will be back to New York in the near future. Your continued support would be appreciated!

  • Date: Saturday, July 31st 2010
  • Time: 7:00PM
  • Place:CRS- 123 4th Ave., 2nd FL(between 12th&13th St.)New York, NY10003
  • Ticket:$25
  • Limited seats
  • Article-Shukan New York Seikatsu
  • The headline is literally "A Good Performance of Kutsukake Tokijiro" The article explains briefly about the play and the project, and that this benefit performance is geared toward an off off Broadway performance, etc. etc. It says Yasu playing Tokijiro, Yasuhito playing Sanzo, Hiroko playing Okinu, Asuka playing Tarokichi and the other performers showed a "powerful performance."

Up Coming Projects

KUTSUKAKE TOKIJIRO 2011 in New York!

Introducing Japanese popular literature "KUTSUKAKE TOKIJIRO" to New York!

"Kutsukake Tokijiro" written by Shin Hasegawa (1884-1963) in 1928 is the one of well-known plays of Taishu Engeki theatre. We'll creat a J-pop theatre based upon a 19th century Japanese yakuza/lone gambler story.

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Past Projects

Stage Reading Kutsukake Tokijiro「沓掛時次郎」

  • Date: June 6, 2009
  • Place: Center Stage NY studio
  • Book by: Shin Hasegawa
  • Directed by: Jun Kim
  • Choreography by: Kayoko Sakoh
  • Guitar: Toru Yamauchi
  • Perfomed by: Rika Akanishi, Kaori Ibuki, Tatsuo Ichikawa, Takae Kawabe,
    Makiko Kawashima, Kenji, Shuhei Kinoshita, Jan Mizushima, Ace Nakajima,
    Yasu Suzuki, Akira Takayama, Go Takeuchi, Jiro Ueno and Hiroko Yonekura

Staged Reading The Uniform「制服」

The Uniform was presented by Theatre Arts Japan(TAJ) as part of TAJ's Reading Series,
"Japanese and War" in September 2005 at the theater in New York.

  • Date: September, 2005
  • Place: New York
  • Book by: Kobo Abe
  • Directed by: Jun Kim
  • Translated by: Elica Funatsu
  • Perfomed by: E Calvin Ahn, Hara Kang, Haerry Kim, Jun Kim, James LaChere,
    Yasu Suzuki and John Wu

Staged Reading "Kutsukake Tokijiro"

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