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第24回（1980年） award
Ren Saito
さいとう れん
Saito Ren
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- playwright, screenwriter
- 所属
- On Theatre Jiyu Gekijo (On Theatre Free Theatre)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Kishida Kunio Drama Award (24th) | Shanghai Vance King | — | Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee | Winner |
Kishida Kunio Drama Award (24th)
1980
対象作品:
Shanghai Vance King
主催:
Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
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第9回（2006年） award
作品
代表作
Shanghai Vance King
1979年 music drama 118ページA music drama set in early Showa-era Shanghai following a clarinet player and his circle of jazz musicians and performers. The work combines live musical performance scenes with dramatic narrative to show how the onset of war destroys the freedom and dreams of the characters.
jazzwar and losspopular entertainmentdreams and ruinShowa-era urban life
映像化・舞台化
- [film] Shanghai Vance King / 深作欣二 (1984)
- [film] Shanghai Vance King / 串田和美 (1988)
全著作
- Shanghai Vance King (play). Eriritsu Shobo, 1980
- Twilight Vaudeville – Selected Plays by Ren Saito (Vol.3). Eriritsu Shobo, 1980
- Showa's Vance Kings: Jazz, Ports, Dissipation. Music Magazine, 1983
翻案
- Film adaptation (1984, dir. Kinji Fukasaku)
- Film adaptation (1988, dir. Kazumi Kushida)
作風・主題
- 文体
- experimental integration of live music into theatrical formcontemporary drama style driven by dialogueblend of realism and reminiscence emphasizing period atmosphere
- 頻出モチーフ
- jazz and nightclubsnocturnal urban scenesdreams and ruinloss of everyday life due to wardrugs and decadence
評価・遺産
Shanghai Vance King became Ren Saito's signature work, notable for long-running stage performances and critical acclaim. Its two film adaptations (1984, 1988) broadened its influence beyond theatre, impacting small-theatre musicals in Japan and stage portrayals of the interwar period.
資料所蔵先
- National Film Archive of Japan (materials for 1984 film)
大衆文化への影響
- Broadened public recognition through 1984 and 1988 film adaptations
引用
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Told with a live band, the loves and dreams of dawn-era jazzmen — that city had too many dreams that made people unhappy...
出典: stage poster / liner notes (1979年)
豆知識
- The "Vance" in the title is derived from a Japanese abbreviation of 'advance borrowing'.
- One model for the protagonist was Koichi Okawa, a prewar musician active in Shanghai.
- Stage premiere occurred in 1979; the play was published in the magazine 'Shingeki' in March 1980.
- The play recorded a notably long run for a small-theatre production.