The performances by "Harukoma-za" Sep. 12, 2010
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The plot was as follows:
There were two brothers who traveled together to find out their father’s murderer who killed the father brutally. However, during the trip, the older (Shinzaburo) brother lost the track of his younger brother. On the way Shinzaburo saved a young girl who was almost abducted by a drunken samurai. The grateful girl brought Shinzaburo to her home to feed him (he was starving as he had not eaten any food for five days). The girl’s father, widely respected by the local people, was the leader (oyabun) of a local yakuza cluster. To his great surprise, Shinzaburo found out that one of the members of the yakuza was his own brother who had been saved by the oyabun. Some months passed and during the course of time, both brothers fell in love with the two daughters of the oyabun.
The drunken samurai, from whom Shinzaburo saved the daughter, told him that the exact murder the brothers looking for was the oyabun himself. Shinzaburo rushed to the oyabun trying to avenge for his father. The oyabun did not protest to him but told what had really happened between him and the brothers’ father. According to him, he accidentally killed the father when he tried to arbitrate the quarrel, and that did not brutally murder the father. There the samurai who abused the daughter came with his fellow rogues and revealed that the real murderer of the brothers’ father was himself. There was a severe fighting between the brothers and the samurai, but in the end the brothers killed the samurai. The oyabun gave a permission for the brothers to get married with his own daughters.
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The most fascinating dances was danced by Tsugawa Ryu, the zacho (the leader of the troupe). He wore western-looking black frilled suit with long black coat; he had black short boots on his feet. His long hair was tied with a ribbon into ponytail. He looked like a medieval knight or a star in the Takarazuka! Such androgynous appearance was extraordinary eye-catching which presented a fusion of two contradictory elements—decadence and intelligence; irresistible eroticism was emitted and the audience was totally captured. This zacho is really someone as he invented such a dance in such an attire!
The dances by the troupe members were all systematically well-programmed and well-trained. I wonder how much time they spent in the practice!
The photo above is so-called "Ai buyo" (paired dance), played by Zacho and Kotora.
The following photo shows a dance by Tsugawa Ryu, Zacho.
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The plot was as follows:
There were two brothers who traveled together to find out their father’s murderer who killed the father brutally. However, during the trip, the older (Shinzaburo) brother lost the track of his younger brother. On the way Shinzaburo saved a young girl who was almost abducted by a drunken samurai. The grateful girl brought Shinzaburo to her home to feed him (he was starving as he had not eaten any food for five days). The girl’s father, widely respected by the local people, was the leader (oyabun) of a local yakuza cluster. To his great surprise, Shinzaburo found out that one of the members of the yakuza was his own brother who had been saved by the oyabun. Some months passed and during the course of time, both brothers fell in love with the two daughters of the oyabun.
The drunken samurai, from whom Shinzaburo saved the daughter, told him that the exact murder the brothers looking for was the oyabun himself. Shinzaburo rushed to the oyabun trying to avenge for his father. The oyabun did not protest to him but told what had really happened between him and the brothers’ father. According to him, he accidentally killed the father when he tried to arbitrate the quarrel, and that did not brutally murder the father. There the samurai who abused the daughter came with his fellow rogues and revealed that the real murderer of the brothers’ father was himself. There was a severe fighting between the brothers and the samurai, but in the end the brothers killed the samurai. The oyabun gave a permission for the brothers to get married with his own daughters.
GRAND SHOW
The most fascinating dances was danced by Tsugawa Ryu, the zacho (the leader of the troupe). He wore western-looking black frilled suit with long black coat; he had black short boots on his feet. His long hair was tied with a ribbon into ponytail. He looked like a medieval knight or a star in the Takarazuka! Such androgynous appearance was extraordinary eye-catching which presented a fusion of two contradictory elements—decadence and intelligence; irresistible eroticism was emitted and the audience was totally captured. This zacho is really someone as he invented such a dance in such an attire!
The dances by the troupe members were all systematically well-programmed and well-trained. I wonder how much time they spent in the practice!
The photo above is so-called "Ai buyo" (paired dance), played by Zacho and Kotora.
The following photo shows a dance by Tsugawa Ryu, Zacho.
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