Kishida Kunio Drama Award きしだくにおぎきょくしょう
Edition 69 (2025)
Winners
2 peopleYou Don't Have to Walk to Hit a Stick is a situation-comedy play by Kei Ando. Set at an apartment building's garbage collection point, it follows rules spiraling out of control among a group of women as everyday conversation turns unsettling and comic.
A startlingly funny situation comedy in which rules run rampant at an apartment building's garbage collection point.
A play by Izumi Kasagi. Three people working at Daikoku Pier in Kanagawa, burdened by unease and futility in their daily lives, find small hopes on the road to the sea and try to reach out to one another.
Centered on people who wake at five in the morning and set out for the sea, the drama brings three voices into resonance. Poetic language and quiet humor connect individual memories with a view across long spans of time.