Blue Shuttle Produce Axle Banana Fish

[Machine Translation] This is a stage adaptation of Akio Yoshida's masterpiece comic "BANANA FISH," which has transcended the boundaries of girls' manga to evoke emotion and sympathy among all generations, faithfully reproducing the original story. Conspiracy, war, friendship, loneliness, betrayal, redemption, death... This ambitious work depicts the days of boys' battles and friendships in America. Four years have passed since the first stage adaptation of this work, which no one had attempted to stage due to its sheer scale. Axal will perform the legendary play on a larger scale! Loneliness, hatred, betrayal, life and death, and friendship. What lies beyond the battle? A must-have DVD for stage fans! Vietnam, 1973. A soldier shoots and kills his colleague. He left behind mysterious words at the end and became a cripple. In 1985, in New York, Ash Lynx, a boy with an IQ of 200 and first-rate fighting skills, is a victim of violence and warfare. Ash is a street kid in a town filled with violence and strife, and Eiji Okumura, an ordinary boy from Japan, has a fateful encounter with him. The two are lured by the words, "Meet Banana Fish," into a battle against a huge conspiracy involving the Mafia, the CIA, the U.S. military, and even the political world. ( Filming date: April 19, 2009 5:00 p.m. - Performance )

Special Feature / Bonus Track: back-stage footage and bonus video footage

少女漫画の枠を超え、あらゆる世代に感動と共感を呼び起こした吉田秋生の傑作コミック「BANANA FISH」を、原作に忠実に舞台化。陰謀、抗争、友情、孤独、裏切り、救済、死・・・アメリカを舞台に描かれる少年たちの戦いと友情の日々を描いた意欲作。あまりのスケールの壮大さに誰も舞台化を試みなかった作品の初舞台化から四年。アクサルが伝説の舞台をよりスケールアップして上演! 孤独、憎しみ、裏切り、生と死、そして友情。戦いの先にあるのは一体何なのか!? 舞台ファン必携のDVDが登場! 1973年、ベトナム。一人の兵士が銃を乱射し同僚を射殺した。「バナナフィッシュ・・・」最後に謎の言葉を残し彼は廃人と化した。・・・1985年、N.Y.。IQ200の知能に超一級の戦闘能力をあわせもつ少年アッシュ・リンクス。暴力と抗争に血塗られた街でストリート・キッズを束ねるアッシュと日本から 来たごく普通の少年、奥村英二の運命的な出会い。二人は「バナナフィッシュに会え」という言葉にいざなわれ、マフィア、CIA、アメリカ軍、政界までをも巻き込むバナナフィッシュをめぐる巨大な陰謀との戦いに巻き込まれていく――。 (撮影日: 2009年4月19日 17時～公演)

演出家・吉谷光太郎撮影映像 (『BANANA FISH』終演後大イベント祭り!!! 傑作選/約10分、千秋楽舞台裏映像/約10分)