Kishida Kunio Drama Award きしだくにおぎきょくしょう
Edition 62 (2018)
Winners
2 peopleA 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.
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.