5th Third World Theatre Festival, Seoul

Isamu Osuka

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Video ID number: V00699
Recording date: 1981

Overview

A record of Byakko-sha’s first overseas tour. At the 5th Third World Theatre Festival, held on stages across Seoul, the International Youth Theatre Center (KSEC)'s performance of "The Straits" attracted significant attention. "The Straits" combined dance by Byakko-sha, a play about a Korean war veteran and his daughter living in Japan by Saburo Ri (Park Byung-yang)'s Korean Theatre Performance Society, and rock music incorporating pansori by Poe Pak and Rise. In addition to the stage performance, the video also shows scenery from train windows and, briefly, theater scholar Jan Kott, who highly praised Byakko-sha.

- The original footage consists of five rolls of 8mm film and has no sound.

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Title: 5th Third World Theatre Festival, Seoul
Performance creator(s): Byakko-sha
Direction/Choreography: Choreography for Byakko-sha: Isamu Osuka
Venue: Munye Theater, Seoul
Performance date(s): 1981
Performer(s) and staff: Performers: Isamu Osuka, Ryuta Gan, Ikki Taoka, Norikazu Sato, Happa Iwamoto, Sanae Hiruta, Saburo Ri
Live Music: Poe Pak, Rise
Script: Koji Kameyama
Genre: Butoh、Others