Oriza Hirata

Just before the end of World War II, the Yalta Conference was held by the “Big Three” Allied leaders: Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States, Winston Churchill of Britain, and Joseph Stalin of the USSR. Japanese theater company Seinendan reimagines their conversations about postwar rule and power as a darkly humorous satire.

Just before the end of World War II, the Yalta Conference was held by the “Big Three” Allied leaders: Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States, Winston Churchill of Britain, and Joseph Stalin of the USSR. Japanese theater company Seinendan reimagines their conversations about postwar rule and power as a darkly humorous satire.

The world's first human-android acting duo, called Android Theater Project, is the collaborative brainchild of noted Japanese playwright Oriza Hirata and the leading robotics scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro. "Sayonara" is a remakable android play and has been adapted to feature film by the acclaimed filmmaker Koji Fukada (Hospitalité, Au revoir l’été). In this film project the setting of the story is largely expanded, depicting time and space in a way which can only be achieved in film, examining life and death though the communication between dying human and immortal android.

地方都市の県立富士ケ丘高等学校2年生の高橋さおりは、部長を務める演劇部最後の1年を迎えようとしていた。それぞれに個性豊かな部員たちと共に年に1度の大会、地区大会突破を目標に稽古に励む中、元学生演劇の女王だという吉岡先生が赴任してくる。吉岡の指導の下、全国大会出場を目指し彼女たちの演劇に打ちこむ日々が始まる。＜劇作家・平田オリザが2012年に発表した小説を、人気アイドルグループ「ももいろクローバーZ」主演で映画化した青春ドラマ。地方都市の高校弱小演劇部の女子生徒たちが、元学生演劇の女王だった新任教師の赴任をきっかけに全国大会を目指し奮闘するさまを描く。メガホンを取るのは、『踊る大捜査線』の本広克行監督。演劇部を指導する新任教師に黒木華がふんするほか、ムロツヨシと志賀廣太郎ら多彩な俳優陣が共演。＞

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?

Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan's leading playwright and director, and his theatrical company, Seinendan. By depicting them, the film leads the audience to revisit fundamental but timely questions: What is theatre? Why do human beings act?

新鋭監督・深田晃司による第23回東京国際映画祭日本映画・ある視点部門作品賞受賞作。下町のとある家族が、不穏なちん入者の出現によってそれまでの一見「平和」な日常をかき乱されていくさまを、風刺を盛り込みつつ予測不能の語り口でコミカルに綴る。主演は本作のプロデューサーも務める杉野希妃。そして山内健司、古舘寛治はじめ、監督も所属する平田オリザ主宰の劇団青年団の俳優陣が脇を固める。 　東京の下町で小さな印刷所を営む小林幹夫。若い妻と前妻の娘、出戻りの妹という少々込み入った家族ながらもそれなりに平穏な日々を送っていた。そんなある日、慇懃無礼な流れ者、加川花太郎が現われる。妻の不安をよそに、飄々とした加川のペースに巻き込まれ、住み込みの工員として受入れてしまう幹夫だったが…。

'Human Comedy in Tokyo', describes ordinary everyday lives without any significant incidents. Various dialogues are elaborately woven to bring tiny splits in human relationships to light, and through the three episodes the characters have their moments of realizing that they are actually in solitude.