Kishida Kunio Drama Award きしだくにおぎきょくしょう
Edition 66 (2022)
Winners
2 peopleSoftly Swaying is a contemporary colloquial play by Riho Fukuna. Set in a provincial city in Hiroshima where the sound of a river is always present, it follows a family carrying loneliness, regret, and warmth as they move through everyday life marked by dependency and caregiving.
A contemporary colloquial play about a family living with dependency and caregiving in a provincial city haunted by the sound of a river.
A play by Takutaku Yamamoto. A former con artist who calls himself a rotten banana forms ties with people he meets through a matching app, portraying those at society's margins struggling to change their future.
A play about encounter and connection among people at society's margins, exploring vulnerability, human feeling, and resistance toward the future.