Kyoko Takenaka

Born in 1987, Kyoko Takenaka graduated from Obirin University (Tokyo) in 2011, then continued her training in France, entering the École Nationale Supérieure d'Art Dramatique de Montpellier in 2013. As soon as she graduated, she took part in the creation and tour of Guillaume Vincent's Songes et Métamorphoses. In 2017-2018, she acted in the one-woman show Les Questionnements de la Fée, written and directed by Satoko Ichihara. In 2018, she played in Certaines n'avaient jamais vu la mer, directed by Richard Brunel as part of the official programme of the Avignon Festival. She continued her work with Guillaume Vincent with LOVE ME TENDER at the Bouffes du Nord and Les Mille et Une Nuits at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe. She then continued her collaboration with Satoko Ichihara, playing the lead role in Madama Butterfly and also in Madame Chrysanthème. In 2021, she wrote the screenplay and produced the film At Kinosaki directed by Shingo Ōta, in which she played the lead role. This film won the Award of Excellence at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2022. Since 2021, she has worked on all of Shingo Ōta's films as a producer. 

Cet automne

Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris
novembernov 15 – 19

Shingo Ōta, Kyoko Takenaka
Les dernières geishas

PerformanceTheatre

The profession of the geisha, an emblematic figure of a fantasized vision of Japan, is often a little-known one, and which is also in the process of disappearing. Going beyond the stereotypical vision we have of them, what is the reality of their practice? In this documentary performance, Shingo Ōta and Kyoko Takenaka set out in search of the last geishas of the Japanese archipelago.