Kishida Kunio Drama Award
1 appearances
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Edition 62 (2018) award
Yudai Kamisato
かみさと ゆうだい
Yudai Kamisato
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1982-07-10 （Lima, Peru）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Lima (birth) → Kawasaki, Kanagawa (raised) → Paraguay (Japanese school, elementary) → United States (exchange/study) → Buenos Aires (cultural study abroad)
Career
- Occupations
- stage director, playwright, writer
- Active Years
- 2003-
- Affiliations
- Okazaki Art Theatre, Hatahata, Gekidan Mori (student troupe)
- Nominations
- "Haircut-san" (Finalist, 54th Kishida Kunio Drama Award), "(For People Who Can't Drink) Black Coffee" (Finalist, 58th Kishida Kunio Drama Award), "+51 Aviación, San Borja" (Finalist, 60th Kishida Kunio Drama Award)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanagawa Prefectural Ikuta High School | — | — | — | 1998-2001 | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences I | Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences I | Department of Integrated Humanities, Major in Literary Arts | — | 2001-2005 | Japan |
Kanagawa Prefectural Ikuta High School
Period:
1998-2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences I
Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences I
/ Department of Integrated Humanities, Major in Literary Arts
Period:
2001-2005
Year of Graduation:
2005
Country:
Japan
Participated in the student theatre troupe "Gekidan Mori" while enrolled
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Toga Directors' Competition — Best Director Award | The Desire That Was Caught by the Tail | — | Toga Directors' Competition | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Kishida Kunio Drama Award (62nd) | A Story of Going Down the Long Hill of Valparaíso | — | Kishida Kunio Drama Award | 受賞 |
Toga Directors' Competition — Best Director Award
2006
Work:
The Desire That Was Caught by the Tail
Organization:
Toga Directors' Competition
Result:
受賞
Kishida Kunio Drama Award (62nd)
2018
Work:
A Story of Going Down the Long Hill of Valparaíso
Organization:
Kishida Kunio Drama Award
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Story of Going Down the Long Hill of Valparaíso
2018 play / dramaA play that evokes the landscapes and memories of Valparaíso, Chile. It deals with migration, border-crossing and the inheritance of memory.
migrationmemoryborders
The Red and Black Expanding Hemisphere
2011 play / stage workA stage piece invited to international festivals. Notable for its emphasis on visual imagery and physical performance.
visualitythe bodyinternational exchange
The Desire That Was Caught by the Tail
2006 directed stage workA directed work referencing Pablo Picasso, and a representative early piece that won the Best Director Award at the Toga competition.
art-historical referencedesirevisual expression
Bibliography
- A Story of Going Down the Long Hill of Valparaíso (Hakusuisha, 2019) — play collection
- Crossing People: Visiting Young Nikkei in South America (Aki Shobo, 2021) — reportage
- "The Exiled Ballplayer" (Shincho, August 2013) — short story
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental/avant-garde theatrical expressionemphasis on physical performance and visual imageryreferences to South American culture and history
- Recurring Motifs
- migration and identityborder-crossing and memoryurban landscapes
Legacy
A young director-playwright recognized for experimental stage works and invited to international festivals. Noted domestically and internationally, including winning the Kishida Kunio Drama Award.
Trivia
- Born in Lima, Peru; moved to Japan as an infant and raised in Kawasaki.
- Father is Nikkei Peruvian; mother is from Sapporo, Hokkaido.
- Attended a Japanese school in Paraguay from roughly grades 4–6.
- Studied abroad for one year in the U.S. (Oklahoma) as a high school student.
- In 2006 he became the youngest recipient of the Best Director Award at the Toga Directors' Competition.
- In 2018 he won the 62nd Kishida Kunio Drama Award for "A Story of Going Down the Long Hill of Valparaíso."