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Kishida Kunio Drama Award きしだくにおぎきょくしょう

Edition 62 (2018)

Playwriting awardNurturing young playwrights

Winners

2 people
Yudai Kamisato かみさと ゆうだい award

A play that connects Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Okinawa, and Chichijima through memories of migration and border-crossing perspectives. Multiple voices around a father's death, travel, and historical traces form the world of a playwright thinking beyond borders.

The eyes and voices of migrants cross borders and memories as if descending a long slope.

196 pages
playmigrationSouth AmericaOkinawaborder crossing
Mitsunori Fukuhara ふくはら みつのり award

A play set in immediate postwar Japan, where filmmakers struggle to shoot what would become the first kiss scene in Japanese film history. In a time short of film and cameras, GHQ intentions and filmmakers' passion intersect, portraying a beginning of expression with humor.

Just after the war, filmmakers set out to create a new explosion.

174 pages
playfilm historypostwarcomedyexpression