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第71回（2021年） award
Yuko Matsumoto
まつもと ゆうこ
Matsumoto Yuko
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1967-01-01 （Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Stage director, Theatre director
- 活動期間
- 1992年〜
- 所属
- Bungakuza (theatre company), Japan Directors' Association
- 所属団体
- Member of Bungakuza, Director, Japan Directors' Association
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meiji University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Literature, Theatre Studies | — | — | Japan |
| Bungakuza Theatre Research Institute | — | Theatre Research Institute | — | 1992 入所（32期） | Japan |
Meiji University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Literature, Theatre Studies
国:
Japan
Bungakuza Theatre Research Institute
Theatre Research Institute
期間:
1992 入所（32期）
国:
Japan
Joined as class 32
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Yuasa Yoshiko Prize | Pentecost | 演劇上演部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Mainichi Art Award | Nukegara / Peter Pan | 千田是也賞（第8回） | Mainichi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Kinokuniya Theatre Award | Hitohamina, Hitonamino / Three Winters | 個人賞 | — | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Yomiuri Theatre Awards | Hitohamina, Hitonamino / Three Winters | 最優秀演出家賞 | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Hayakawa 'Tragedy/Comedy' Prize | Three Winters | — | Hayakawa Foundation for the Promotion of Literature | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award) | Fifty-Four Eyes | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs | 受賞 |
Yuasa Yoshiko Prize
2002
対象作品:
Pentecost
部門:
演劇上演部門
結果:
受賞
Mainichi Art Award
2006
対象作品:
Nukegara / Peter Pan
部門:
千田是也賞（第8回）
主催:
Mainichi Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Kinokuniya Theatre Award
2019
対象作品:
Hitohamina, Hitonamino / Three Winters
部門:
個人賞
結果:
受賞
Yomiuri Theatre Awards
2019
対象作品:
Hitohamina, Hitonamino / Three Winters
部門:
最優秀演出家賞
主催:
Yomiuri Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Hayakawa 'Tragedy/Comedy' Prize
2020
対象作品:
Three Winters
主催:
Hayakawa Foundation for the Promotion of Literature
結果:
受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award)
2021
対象作品:
Fifty-Four Eyes
主催:
Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Winter Sunflower
1999年 Play/TheatreDirected the play by Jeong Eui-sin for a Bungakuza Atelier production.
familymemorymigration/border-crossing
Misery
2005年 Stage adaptation (translated play)Stage adaptation of Stephen King's Misery. Premiere in 2005 with a revival in 2007.
madnessdependencyvictim–perpetrator relationship
Someone
2006年 Play/TheatreDirected Frank McGuinness's play for a Horipro production.
othernessmemory
The Woman in White
2007年 MusicalDirected the stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber for Horipro (2007, 2010).
gothic romanceconspiracywomen's positions
Bird's-eye View
2008年 Play/TheatreDirected Satoshi Hayafune's play at the New National Theatre (2008, 2011), notable for strong visual composition.
shifts of perspectiveurban/social overview
Rhinoceros
2009年 Play (Theatre of the Absurd)Directed Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros for a Bungakuza Atelier production.
conformity pressureindividual vs. groupabsurdism
The Trojan Women
2010年 Play (Classical)Directed Euripides' classical tragedy The Trojan Women for a Bungakuza production.
the tragedy of warwomen's perspectiveloss and resistance
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2010年 Play (translated)Directed Tennessee Williams' classic at the New National Theatre.
familylies and desireillness and aging
Hitohamina, Hitonamino
2019年 Play/TheatreDirected a new play by Takuya Yokoyama for the Match Point collective.
communityindividual relationships
Three Winters
2019年 Play (translated; Japanese premiere)Directed the Japanese premiere of Tena Štivičić's play at the Bungakuza Atelier.
history and memorywomen's generational narratives
Fifty-Four Eyes
2020年 Play/TheatreDirected Jeong Eui-sin's Fifty-Four Eyes for Bungakuza. This production contributed to her receiving the Art Encouragement Prize.
communityloss and memory
全著作
- Winter Sunflower
- Misery
- Someone
- The Woman in White
- Bird's-eye View
- Rhinoceros
- The Trojan Women
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Hitohamina, Hitonamino
- Three Winters
- Fifty-Four Eyes
作風・主題
- 文体
- actor-centered directionemphasis on visual compositionnoted for staging translated and overseas plays in Japan
- 頻出モチーフ
- memory and losscommunity vs. individualwomen's perspectives
評価・遺産
Yuko Matsumoto, a director affiliated with Bungakuza, is known for staging a wide range of domestic and international plays. She has received multiple major theatre awards and is regarded as an important contemporary Japanese theatre director.
関連学会
- Japan Directors' Association
豆知識
- After graduating from Meiji University's Faculty of Letters (major in theatre studies), she joined the Bungakuza Theatre Research Institute in 1992 (class 32).
- She trained in London for one year as an overseas trainee of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- She has received awards including the Yuasa Yoshiko Prize, Mainichi Art Award, Kinokuniya Theatre Award, Yomiuri Theatre Awards Best Director, and the Art Encouragement Prize (MEXT).