The Face of Jizo

The Face of Jizo (父と暮せば, Chichi to Kuraseba) is a Japanese play written by Hisashi Inoue.

Chichi to Kuraseba
(The Face of Jizo)
Written byHisashi Inoue
Date premieredSeptember 3, 1994
Original languageJapanese
Chichi to Kuraseba
The Face of Jizo
Die Tage mit Vater
Mio Padre
Chichi to Kuraseba (The Face of Jizo)
AuthorHisashi Inoue
Original titleChichi to Kuraseba
TranslatorRoger Pulvers
Isolde Asai
Franco Gervasio, Ai Aoyama
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
PublisherShinchosha
Publication date
January 2001
Published in English
August 2004
Pages126, 191
ISBN978-4-10-116828-9
ISBN 978-4-9902115-0-9

Plays

  • It was performed by Komatsuza as their 34th Play, from September 3 to 18, 1994, directed by Hitoshi Uyama, starring by Masayo Umezawa and Kei Suma.[1] It has been performed frequently not only all over Japan but also overseas. Paris in 1997, Moscow in 2001, Hong Kong in 2004 and London in 2007.[2][3]
  • Now, the play is performed by Komatsuza and some theatrical companies.

Books

The play Chichi to Kuraseba (Living with my Father) is published by Shinchosha in 2001.[4]

The play was transferred into three languages and published by Komatsuza.

  • The Face of Jizo in English by Roger Pulvers in 2004.[5]
  • Die Tage mit Vater (The Day with Father) in German by Isolde Asai in 2006.
  • Mio Padre (My Father) in Italian by Franco Gervasio and Ai Aoyama in 2006,.

CD

The play is recorded for a CD with starring Tomoko Saito and Kei Masu, published by Shinchosha, on April 25, 2003.[6]

Film

The play is adapted for a film Chichi to Kuraseba directed by Kazuo Kuroki, starring by Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano, in 2004. It was filmed as the 3rd and concluding volume of Kazuo Kuroki's Trilogy works for War Requiem.

gollark: Your thought is generally irrelevant, however, and will become muons.
gollark: I'm sure you'd like to think so.
gollark: No. You will be caused to undergo conversion into a manifold in beespace.
gollark: Anyway, apparently the tendency to try and tightly manage children is a more modern thing.
gollark: Except a lot of them will be used to constant surveillance by parents, and also by that point governments and corporations.

See also

References

  1. Komatsuza 34th Play - Chichi to Kuraseba
  2. Performing Father–Daughter Love "Inoue Hisashi's Face of Jizo" by Tomoko Aoyama
  3. "The Face of Jizo" at Arcola Theatre in London, 2007
  4. ISBN 4-10-116828-8, ISBN 978-4-10-116828-9
  5. ISBN 4-9902115-0-2, ISBN 978-4-9902115-0-9
  6. ISBN 978-4-10-830126-9


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