公演を観る
東盛あいか
チョウ・チュンポン
チョウ・チュンポン
久保恒雄
久保恒雄
東盛あいか
東盛あいか

Program


Fringe Selection

Shadow Play “Whale Life ~Geio~” Domestic Tour 2025 in Toyooka

Asia's Bones

playwright:LinMengHuan

Area

  • Toyooka
  • Kinosaki
  • Ebara

Date and Time

Sep.14(Sun)
14:00 Japanese version @ Workpia Hidaka
20:00 Yonaguni language version @ Tomoda Sake Brewery

Sep.15(Mon)
14:00 Japanese version @ Gokurakuji Temple
19:00 Yonaguni language version @ Tomoda Sake Brewery

Sep.16(Tue)
20:00 Japanese version @ Toyooka Keiko Dou – 1F Lobby

Performance Duration

Approx. 60 minutes
(Main performance approx. 40 minutes + mini event approx. 20 minutes)

Performance Language

Japanese

Yonaguni
*Japanese and English subtitles

Admission Fee

Same price for advance and door tickets
General: ¥2,000
High school & university students, disability certificate holders, and one accompanying person: ¥1,000
Elementary & junior high school students: ¥500
Preschool children: Free

The shadow puppet play “Geio” is an original work that depicts the life of a Wansei (a Japanese person born in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period) woman living in Hualien, Taiwan, as “a history that no one knows,” with the motif of the mysterious underwater ruins of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost point of Japan. In addition to the Japanese performance, there will also be a performance in Yonaguni language, which is designated as an endangered language by UNESCO, and in 2019, songs and lines from the Sakizaya people, the indigenous people of Hualien, Taiwan, will be introduced, allowing you to experience the sound of a language that is being lost. Lin Meng-Huang is a Taiwanese author who has won numerous children’s literature awards. In a simple theatrical world, the play appeals to the senses of sight and hearing, rather than discussing important things for people to live, such as caring for others, keeping promises, the sadness brought by war, and environmental conservation. There will also be a backstage tour and a mini talk about Yonaguni Island, Taiwan, and the Sakizaya tribe. Through the shadow puppet show “Geio,” you can experience a world that is usually not accessible to many.

Performers
Cast: Aika Higashimori, Tsuneo Kubo (Japanese version), Chow Chunpeng (Yonaguni version)
Staff
Japanese translation: Yamazaki Rieko
Japanese script supervision: Shimada Kenji

Yonaguni translation: Ikema Ryuichi
Sakizaya translation and guidance: Xie Deyou
English translation: Tanaka Claire

Music: Suzuki Kosuke
Sakizaya music guidance: Sakizaya Buraku

Stage director: Kuramoto Toru
Advertising art: Otake Noriko
Website design: Usami Teru
Accessibility

・Preschool children welcome

Contact Us
Phone: 070-9169-7557 (available from August 25)
Email: asianrib2025@gmail.com
Credits
主催:一般社団法人亜細亜の骨
共催:沙盒製作
後援:与那国町 与那国町教育委員会
助成:芸術文化振興基金助成事業
Asia's Bones

A performing arts group founded in January 2017. With the philosophy of “connecting Asia with performing arts like a rib,” the group plans to introduce Asian performing arts works, including those from Japan, and to organize performance projects and exchanges between artists.

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