Kurô Tanino
The Dark Master
The Dark Master © Takashi Horikawa ©
The Dark Master © Takashi Horikawa ©
The Dark Master © Takashi Horikawa ©
Written and directed by Kurô Tanino
Based on an original story by Marei Karibu and the work of Haruki Izumi (éd. Terbrain, Inc.)
With Susumu Ogata, Koichiro F.O. Pereira, Masato Nomura, Hatsune Sakai, Kazuya Inoue, and Kazuki Sugita
Set design, Masaya Natsume
Lighting, Masayuki Abe
Sound, Koji Sato
Set builder, Takuya Kamiike
Video, Tadashi Mitani and Nobuhiro Matsuzawa
A Niwa Gekidan Penino production
Organised by Fondation du Japon
In association with Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) ; T2G – Théâtre de Gennevilliers ; and Festival d’Automne à Paris
With support from Onda
First performed on 5 May 2016 at Oval Theater (Osaka)
This show is presented as part of Japonismes 2018
With support from the Franco-Japanese Fondation Sasakawa
Two huis-clos, one in a thermal baths inn, the other in a restaurant. Two antiquated settings brought to life by a host of colourful characters. At first, Kurô Tanino’s staging takes us into familiar ground, that of an ultra-realist piece of theatre. However, we are soon taken by surprise. The different situations also take on a very different turn, leading us down paths which are both sensual and disturbing, burlesque and demonic.
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Running time : 2h10
Performed in Japanese, with French subtitles
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