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Yudai Kamisato

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Yudai Kamisato

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1982-07-10 (Lima, Peru)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Lima (birth) → Kawasaki, Kanagawa (raised) → Paraguay (Japanese school, elementary) → United States (exchange/study) → Buenos Aires (cultural study abroad)

経歴

職業
stage director, playwright, writer
活動期間
2003年〜
所属
Okazaki Art Theatre, Hatahata, Gekidan Mori (student troupe)
ノミネート
"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)

学歴

Kanagawa Prefectural Ikuta High School
期間: 1998-2001
卒業年: 2001
国: 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
期間: 2001-2005
卒業年: 2005
国: Japan
Participated in the student theatre troupe "Gekidan Mori" while enrolled

受賞歴

Toga Directors' Competition — Best Director Award
2006
対象作品: The Desire That Was Caught by the Tail
主催: Toga Directors' Competition
結果: 受賞
Kishida Kunio Drama Award (62nd)
2018
対象作品: A Story of Going Down the Long Hill of Valparaíso
主催: Kishida Kunio Drama Award
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Story of Going Down the Long Hill of Valparaíso

2018年 play / drama

A 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年 play / stage work

A 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年 directed stage work

A directed work referencing Pablo Picasso, and a representative early piece that won the Best Director Award at the Toga competition.

art-historical referencedesirevisual expression

全著作

  • 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

作風・主題

文体
experimental/avant-garde theatrical expressionemphasis on physical performance and visual imageryreferences to South American culture and history
頻出モチーフ
migration and identityborder-crossing and memoryurban landscapes

評価・遺産

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.

豆知識

  • 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."