Kishida Kunio Drama Award きしだくにおぎきょくしょう
Edition 50 (2006)
Playwriting awardNurturing young playwrights
Winners
2 peopleNukegara is a play by Norihiko Tsukuda. Under a title that suggests a cast-off shell or empty remains, it brings changes in body, family, memory, and relationships to the stage.
A play that depicts changing relationships through the shells and absences people leave behind.
157 pages
dramafamilybodyloss
Love's Whirlpool is a play by Daisuke Miura. Through a single night among strangers gathered for a sex party, it depicts desire, loneliness, vanity, and exposed conversation, staging both the absurdity and pain of human relations.
A play that portrays the pain of human relationships through one night among men and women gathered around desire.
156 pages
dramadesirelonelinessdialogue-driven theatrecontemporary society