Minae Mizumura's novel takes on the audacious project of continuing Natsume Soseki's unfinished Light and Darkness. While absorbing Soseki's style and character relations, it gives a new resolution to the story of Tsuda, Onobu, and Kiyoko.

Beyond the unfinished Light and Darkness, another modern novel comes into being.

Kiyoshi Mizuochi's study of Kamigata kabuki traces scripts, actors, staging, and actor-review books to explain the formation and distinctive qualities of the Kamigata tradition, apart from Edo kabuki.

A reading of Kamigata kabuki's history and artistry through both scripts and actors.

A film directed by Shun Nakahara and based on Akimi Yoshida's manga. Over a day in which a girls' high-school drama club prepares Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, it delicately portrays the students' relationships and shifting emotions.

In the hours before the curtain rises, the girls' time is concentrated into one day.