Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome

[Machine Translation] He won the second prize at the 2007 Honya Taisho (Bookstore Grand Prize) and the 20th Shugoro Yamamoto Award. Directed by Kenji Higashi, the leader of the theater company Janshiki Doko, this stage adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi's "Yoru wa tanshi arukke yo otome" has been staged in five cities across Japan since April 2009, attracting more than 10,000 spectators for a total of 22 performances. The cast includes popular model Miho Tanaka in "The Black-Haired Maiden," who is making her stage debut, Gota Watanabe in "Senpai," Bengaru, Emiri Henmi, and many others. A cute love story set in Kyoto. --The story is set in Kyoto, where "Sensei" has a crush on a "black-haired girl" who is his junior. He tries to arrange a chance encounter at Yoshida Shrine, Demachiyanagi Station, Hyakumanben Crossing, Ginkakuji Temple, Philosopher's Path, and various other places in Kyoto, but the naive "black-haired girl" smiles and says, "Oh, senpai, what a coincidence! What a coincidence! The relationship between the two never takes a single step forward. And the encounters with various strange and bizarre people take things in an "unusual" direction....

2007年本屋大賞第2位、第20回山本周五郎賞受賞。森見登美彦「夜は短し歩けよ乙女」を、劇団桟敷童子主宰 東憲司演出で舞台化。2009年4月から全国5都市、全22公演で1万人以上を動員した。出演は「黒髪の乙女」に今回が初舞台となる人気モデルの田中美保、「先輩」に渡部豪太ほか、ベンガル、辺見えみりなど多彩なキャストたちが集結。京都を舞台にしたキュートな恋物語。 ――後輩の「黒髪の乙女」に片思いしてしまった「先輩」。吉田神社、出町柳駅、百万遍交差点、銀閣寺、哲学の道、京都の様々な場所で「先輩」は周到に偶然の出会いを演出しようとするものの、天真爛漫な「黒髪の乙女」のほうは、微笑みながら「あ、先輩、奇遇です!」。一歩も前進することのない2人の関係。ましてやさまざまな奇奇怪怪な面々との出会いが、事態を「珍」な方向に・・・。