Theatre 2

Nov 21, 2012

2h 50m

★ 6.0

Overview

Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4) examines the dynamic relationship between theatre and the society through depicting Hirata's activities. In order for his art and his not-so-commercial company to survive this highly capitalistic modern society, what kind of strategy does Hirata have and practice?

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Documentary

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Laboratory X

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Cast

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Oriza Hirata

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Kanji Furutachi

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Hiroko Matsuda

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Yozo Shimada

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Fumie Midorikawa

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Laure Adler

Fernando is an actor and theater teacher who, at the age of 74, is impelled to be the protagonist of himself in an experience that blurs the boundaries between the documentary and the fictional. Faced with a delicate problem in his heart, he follows a life full of love for art, where education emerges as a powerful transforming element of reality.

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