Shuriken

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Event Shuriken
Venue Sun Mall Theatre, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
First Date 5 December 1995
Last Date 10 December 1995
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Set in the Featherston prisoner of war camp in which Japanese prisoners and a new Zealand guard were killed as the result of an escape attempt on February 25, 1943.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Japanese
Prisons
War
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tony Barry Actor Commandant
Alec Forbes Actor Tiny
Sean Lynch Actor Ernie
Russell Raethel Actor Jacko
Masanobu Yada Actor Apache
Marc Shaw Director
Vincent O'Sullivan Playwright
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Three Japanese men who were actually prisoners at Featherston came on stage at the end of the performance, and appeared to be visibly touched that such an effort had been made to understand the tragedy so many years after it had occurred. (Japan Times). Also performed in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture (Japan) on 20 & 21 December 1995. Rewritten by Vincent O'Sullivan with Japanese text by Sokushin Ezawa.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 205793