Outreach
Video Lending Library
Japan
- Program Title: Theater in Japan: Yesterday and Today
- EASC Code: JT-13
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: Japan
- Language: English
- Subtitles:
- Subject: Arts & Music
- Program Type: Documentary
- Media Type: DVD
- Director:
- Producer: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
- Release Date:
- Running Time: 53 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: Theater has a long history in Japan, ranging from tradtional Kabuki to today's avant-grade peforming arts. This classic program explores the cultural debate within Japan regarding tradtional forms and more contemporary variations, including the adaption of Western texts such as Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and street theater. Interviews with many of Japan's leading playwrights such as Tadeshi Suzuki and some of the country's most talented performers present an encompassing-and engrossing-overview of the modern Japanese theater scene.
- Data Entry Date: 11/15
