Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (1989) award
Hitoshi Uyama
うやま ひとし
Uyama Hitoshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-03-17 （Yamatotakada, Nara, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- theatre director, opera director, stage director, educator
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Bungakuza (direction department), Japan Directors Association (board member), Stage Arts Academy (president / dean), New National Theatre, Tokyo (former artistic director, drama)
- Memberships
- Japan Directors Association, Bungakuza, Stage Arts Academy
- Influenced By
- William Shakespeare, Hisashi Inoue
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nara Women's University Senior High School (affiliated) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Keio University | Faculty of Letters | Department of French Literature | 文学士 | 1972-1976 | Japan |
| Stage Arts Academy | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Bungakuza Theatre Research Institute (17th cohort) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Nara Women's University Senior High School (affiliated)
Country:
Japan
Graduated from affiliated senior high school
Keio University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of French Literature
Degree:
文学士
Period:
1972-1976
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
Japan
Studied French literature
Stage Arts Academy
Country:
Japan
Undertook stage arts training
Bungakuza Theatre Research Institute (17th cohort)
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
Japan
Joined Bungakuza research institute; promoted to troupe member in 1982
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Art Encouragement Prize (Newcomer) | 'Yuki ya Konkon', 'Akibiyori', 'Six Characters Searching for the Author' | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Art Encouragement) | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Kinokuniya Theatre Award (group prize) | 'The Greeks' | — | Kinokuniya Company Ltd. | 受賞（団体賞） |
| 1995 | Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director) | 'Living with My Father', 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' | — | The Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞（優秀演出家賞） |
| 1999 | Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director) | 'Women in the Sunlight', 'Scarred O-Aki' | — | The Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞（優秀演出家賞） |
| 1999 | Japan Children's Theatre Association Award | 'The Heroes' | — | Japan Children's Theatre Association | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Mainichi Art Award (Chida Koreya Prize) | 'The Dinner of Fools', 'The Dreamland of Inishmaan' | — | The Mainichi Newspapers | 受賞（千田是也賞） |
| 2002 | Kinokuniya Theatre Award / Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director) | 'Copenhagen', 'A Call from Peggy!?' | — | Kinokuniya / The Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞（優秀演出家賞） |
| 2004 | Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Grand Prize / Best Director) | 'Ani Otouto', 'Just Business - Negotiations -', 'The Nuremberg Trials' | — | The Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞（大賞・最優秀演出家賞） |
| 2004 | Kinokuniya Theatre Award (group prize) | 'The Nuremberg Trials' | — | Kinokuniya Company Ltd. | 受賞（団体賞） |
| 2007 | Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director) | 'Kamiya-cho Sakura Hotel', et al. | — | The Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞（優秀演出家賞） |
| 2010 | Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director) | 'Henry VI' | — | The Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞（最優秀演出家賞） |
| 2010 | Art Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award | 'Henry VI' | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT | 受賞（文部科学大臣賞） |
| 2016 | Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director) | 'Ruins', 'Manzana, Our Town' | — | The Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞（最優秀演出家賞） |
| 2020 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 2020 | Mainichi Art Award | — | — | The Mainichi Newspapers | 受賞 |
Art Encouragement Prize (Newcomer)
1989
Work:
'Yuki ya Konkon', 'Akibiyori', 'Six Characters Searching for the Author'
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Art Encouragement)
Result:
受賞
Kinokuniya Theatre Award (group prize)
1991
Work:
'The Greeks'
Organization:
Kinokuniya Company Ltd.
Result:
受賞（団体賞）
Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director)
1995
Work:
'Living with My Father', 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'
Organization:
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞（優秀演出家賞）
Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director)
1999
Work:
'Women in the Sunlight', 'Scarred O-Aki'
Organization:
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞（優秀演出家賞）
Japan Children's Theatre Association Award
1999
Work:
'The Heroes'
Organization:
Japan Children's Theatre Association
Result:
受賞
Mainichi Art Award (Chida Koreya Prize)
2000
Work:
'The Dinner of Fools', 'The Dreamland of Inishmaan'
Organization:
The Mainichi Newspapers
Result:
受賞（千田是也賞）
Kinokuniya Theatre Award / Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director)
2002
Work:
'Copenhagen', 'A Call from Peggy!?'
Organization:
Kinokuniya / The Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞（優秀演出家賞）
Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Grand Prize / Best Director)
2004
Work:
'Ani Otouto', 'Just Business - Negotiations -', 'The Nuremberg Trials'
Organization:
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞（大賞・最優秀演出家賞）
Kinokuniya Theatre Award (group prize)
2004
Work:
'The Nuremberg Trials'
Organization:
Kinokuniya Company Ltd.
Result:
受賞（団体賞）
Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director)
2007
Work:
'Kamiya-cho Sakura Hotel', et al.
Organization:
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞（優秀演出家賞）
Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director)
2010
Work:
'Henry VI'
Organization:
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞（最優秀演出家賞）
Art Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2010
Work:
'Henry VI'
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT
Result:
受賞（文部科学大臣賞）
Yomiuri Theatre Awards (Best Director)
2016
Work:
'Ruins', 'Manzana, Our Town'
Organization:
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞（最優秀演出家賞）
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2020
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Mainichi Art Award
2020
Organization:
The Mainichi Newspapers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2010) award
Works
Major Works
Opera: Shinigami (first directed production)
1980 Opera (direction)One of Uyama's earliest opera productions; attempted integration of stage composition and musical expression.
deathfatehuman nature
Prague 1975 (Bungakuza Atelier)
1982 Straight play (drama)A representative straight play production in the Bungakuza atelier; direction emphasizes actors' inner lives and historical context.
memoryhistoryindividual and society
Henry VI (Shakespeare)
2010 Classical drama (direction)A large-scale reinterpretation of Shakespeare's history plays from a contemporary perspective. Won the 2010 Yomiuri Theatre Award for Best Director.
powerpoliticscyclicality of history
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- direction that blends classical and contemporary theatremeticulous actor psychology and character-driven stagingintegration of music and stage design
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and the pasthistory and the individualmoral ambiguity
Legacy
A director acclaimed for both classical and contemporary theatre work domestically and abroad. Based at Bungakuza, he has directed numerous important stage and opera productions, served as artistic director of the New National Theatre and as dean of the Stage Arts Academy, and contributed to training the next generation. His achievements are recognized by multiple theatre awards and the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
Academic Societies
- Stage Arts Academy
- Japan Directors Association
Archives
- Bungakuza archives
- New National Theatre records
Trivia
- Spent one year in Paris (1983) as an Agency for Cultural Affairs overseas trainee.
- Has directed over 40 opera productions recorded by the Showa Music University Opera Information Center.
- Served as artistic director of the drama division at the New National Theatre from September 2007 to August 2010.