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Thrilled to co-present the Australian premiere of Hisashi Inoue’s celebrated play, The Face of Jizo, a drama full of a droll wit and profound pathos with Red Line Productions.
It takes up the aftermath of the atomic blast in Hiroshima, where Mitsue, a young woman, is striving to live with her guilt as a survivor. But her father Takezo won’t let her give in to despair, despite the fate that struck him on that terrible day….
“With its laughter and tears,” wrote leading cultural figure Saiichi Maruya, “The Face of Jizo is the greatest play of Japan’s postwar era.”
This production is generously supported by The City of Sydney, The Japan Foundation Sydney and Girgensohn Foundation.
(Jizo is the guardian deity of children, a symbol of their protection from harm.)
28 OCTOBER -
11 NOVEMBER
The Old Fitz Theatre
Cast and Creative team
Presented by
Red Line Productions association with OMUSUBI
Written by Hisashi Inoue
Translated by Roger Pulvers
Directed by Shingo Usami and David Lynch
Set Designer Tobhiyah Stone Feller
Lighting Designer Matt Cox
Composer Me-Lee Hay
Sound Designer Zachary Saric
Stage Manager Mia Kanzaki
Co-Producers Mayu Iwasaki and Jade Fuda
Starring Mayu Iwasaki and Shingo Usami
The Face of Jizo is generously supported by
The City of Sydney, Japan Foundation Sydney and Girgensohn Foundation
Creative
Team
About Hisashi Inoue
Hisashi Inoue was a leading figure in Japan’s theater and literary worlds. He comments that the primary theme running through his writing is the plight of the weak and their struggle to keep their head above water in an uncaring society. “I want to show people who have little power the way to use their ingenuity in order to make their presence felt, so that they may gain some advantage in their misery.”
- Hisashi Inoue