Takumi “Watako's entanglement”
Takumi “Watako's entanglement”
One day, after parting ways with her secret lover, Kimura, Watako witnesses him having an accident on his way home. Despite witnessing the incident from a distance, she does nothing and chooses to leave the scene. Returning to her home where she lives with her husband and middle school-aged son.
Later, Watako learns of Kimura's death, yet she is unable to show her true grief in front of her family. Regret seeps in for not taking action that day. At the same time, her husband proposes the idea of rebuilding their family relationship, and Watako, burdened by the secret of Kimura's death, reluctantly embarks on a journey to reconstruct their family connections.
Born in Osaka on 26th December 1993. Playwright, theatre director, film director. he has written and directed all of the company's productions. In2021, he won the 10th Shinichi Ichikawa Script Drama Award. In 2022,his play “DODO'S FREE FALL” won the prestigious 67th Kishida Kunio Drama Award.In 2022, he won the 30th Yomiuri Theater Awards Director Award with his play "MOHAYA SHIZUKA" and "The Welkin" written by Lcuy Kirkwood. The second fim of Kato “Hotsureru” was funded by COMME DES CINEMAS (France) and will be released in September 2023.
Photo｜浦田大作
gekidan (theatre company) takumi was established by playwright and director Takuya Kato in 2013. The generation in which Takuya grew up in experienced major crisis in every decade – the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake at the age of 1, September 11 attacks at the age of 8, the Great East Japan Earthquake and the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In his early career as an artist, he demonstrated outstanding drama-making ability, with his stage adaptations of novels and comics garnering attention. Each of his production brings together different talented actors. In recent years, Takuya has been producing original works in which the bottomless violence and a sense of emptiness rise up thickly in a complex story. His works have also expanded to experimental videos and installations.
Production Team
- Playwright・Director｜Takuya Kato
- Performer｜Yumi Adachi、Tetsu Hirahara、Katsuhiro Suzuki、Tatsuya Yamawaki、Ryutaro Akimoto、Hana Amano、Mari Yasukawa
- Stage Manager｜Yuki Takei (STAGE DOCTOR)
- Stage Designer｜Kie Yamamoto
- Light Designer｜Masayuki Abe (LIGHT-ER)
- Sound Designer｜Koji Sato (Sugar Sound)
- Costume Designer｜Momomi Kanda
- Assistant to Director｜Shota Kasai
- Director Department｜Ami Fukusawa
- Production Department｜Sachiko Miyoshi (quinada)、Mugiko Yukawa (quinada)、Ann Wu (SWSG CO. Ltd.)、Lin Lu (SWSG CO. Ltd.)
- Production｜WAWONKIKAKU
- Co-production｜SWSG CO. Ltd.、quinada
- Supported by｜Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
- Graphic Design｜平面室
- Photographer｜Taiji Yamazaki