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2023

Onigoro Valley (その先、鬼五郎渓谷につき、)

Written by Saori Chiba

Play Details

Context

Artistic Director
Vicky Featherstone

Part Of
New Plays: Japan

Co-Production
The New National Theatre Tokyo

Translated by
Susan Momoko Hingley

Original Language
Japanese

Dates Performed

Thursday 26 January – Saturday 28 January 2023
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

Play Details

Synopsis

When two decontamination workers take a drive up into the hills above Fukushima, they enter an uneasy world governed by legend and forces beyond the human. A supernatural folk horror set in the deep woods of Onigoro Valley, seven years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Director(s)

Mingyu Lin

Cast & Creative

Cast

Ashley Alymann

Cast

Camilla Aiko

Cast

James Bradwell

Cast

Hanako Footman

Cast

Nino Furuhata

Cast

Andrew Futaishi

Cast

Yojiro Ichikawa

Cast

Meg Kubota

Cast

Natsumi Kuroda

Cast

Kumiko Mendl

Cast & Translator

Susan Momoko Hingley

Cast

Kanako Nakano

Cast

Kirsty Rider

Cast

Mark Takeshi Ota