Yabuhara Kengyu

[Machine Translation] Following on the heels of "Shakespeare in Tempo 12" by Hisashi Inoue, Yukio Ninagawa, and Ryudo Uzaki, comes the second production of the same name! The most talked-about play of 2007 is now available on DVD! The cast includes Arata Furuta as Sugi no Ichi (later to become the second Yabuhara inspector), Yasunori Danta as Hanawa Hokiichi, Yuko Tanaka as Oichi, who kills her own husband out of love for Sugi no Ichi, and Haruhiko Yodo as the blind tayu who tells the tale. Naomasa Rokudaira as Sakuma, Masayo Umezawa as Oshiho, Sugi no Ichi's mother, Ryuji Yamamoto as Yabuhara, Yoji Matsuda as Sadanobu Matsudaira, Kyoko Jimbo as a widow who is extorted, Hitomi Kageyama as her daughter, and Ikuhiro Akasaki as a guitar player. The cast is unique and full of charm, making this one of the most talked-about films of the year! Sugi no Ichi, born blind with a fateful destiny, goes to great lengths in his evil deeds in order to win the favor of the sighted people. On the other hand, Hanawa Hokiichi tells the blind man that the only way to stand on equal footing with the clear-eyed is to hone his intellect and character. The story is full of cruel humor and satire, told by the narrator, a blind man.

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井上ひさし×蜷川幸雄×宇崎竜童『天保十二年のシェイクスピア』に続く第2弾!! 夢の最高キャストを得て、井上ひさしの傑作に蜷川幸雄が新演出で挑む。2007年演劇界最大の話題作が早くもDVD化!! 杉の市 (後の2代目藪原検校)に古田新太、塙保己市に段田安則、そして杉の市を愛するがゆえに自分の亭主を殺すお市に田中裕子、物語の語り部を務める盲太夫に壤晴彦。佐久間検校などに六平直政、杉の市の母、お志保などに梅沢昌代、初代・藪原検校などに山本龍二、松平定信などに松田洋治、強請られる寡婦などに神保共子、その娘などに景山仁美、そしてギター奏者に赤崎郁洋。個性的で魅力あふれる最高のキャストを得た、今年最大の話題作! 因果な宿命を背負い盲人として生まれた杉の市は、晴眼者を見返すために悪行の限りを尽くし成り上がっていく。一方、知性と品性を磨くことこそ晴眼者と対等の場に立つための唯一の道と説く塙保己市。盲太夫という語り手により進行する残酷なユーモアと風刺満載の物語。