What becomes visible after passing the midpoint of life? It’s about moving beyond concerns about acting range or skill and wanting to feel that “it was good to be alive, it was good to have done theater.”
The current performance “Hahaki’s Amulet” (written and directed by Takuya Yokoyama) is a story centered around a sister and brother in their late 50s to early 60s. In a town in southern Kinki, Kanade, desperately trying to preserve tradition as the fourth-generation owner of a palm broom workshop, is suddenly visited by her brother Yuichi (Hirata), who had left their hometown years earlier. The work delicately portrays various issues including tradition inheritance, family dynamics, generational gaps, and the rural-urban divide.
This is the 16th installment of the “ala Collection” series, which brings leading artists to Kani for productions. “The stage is set in Kani, with all dialogue in dialect. It’s remarkable that Kani itself doesn’t appear. The issues between rural areas and Tokyo are urgent everywhere, making this a story that resonates with any region.”
Kanade strongly resists, but the city…
