Himitsu No Hanazono

[Machine Translation] Written by Juro Karo for the opening of the Honda Theatre and performed by Mako Midori, Koji Shimizu, and Akira Emoto, "The Secret Garden" has become a legendary play. This work is a recording of the performance by Tokyo Kanden-ike led by Akira Emoto, who played Akiyoshi at that time, at Shimokitazawa The Suzunari in January 2009, 27 years after the original performance! The play was directed by Kazue Tsunokae, and the young and talented Shunsuke Tobe and Shoko Takao of the theatrical troupe performed the lead roles with great skill, and the play was well received. --The setting is an old, rundown apartment in the hilly Nippori district. Ichiyoh, a cabaret actress, lives in this apartment with her husband (Onuki), but she depends on Akiyoshi's salary for her living. On the same day, Akiyo visits Ichiyo at her apartment and tells her that she has been offered a job and has to transfer to the Kansai region. He is indignant, calling her a "marriage swindler" and wishing her "good luck," and disappears into the public lavatory, but he never returns...

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唐十郎が本多劇場のこけら落としのために書下ろし、緑魔子、清水紘治、柄本明の熱演で伝説的に語り継がれている舞台『秘密の花園』。本作は、当時アキヨシを演じた柄本明率いる東京乾電池が、27年の時を経て2009年1月に下北沢ザ・スズナリにて上演したものを収録! 演出に角替和枝を据え、劇団の若手実力派・戸辺俊介、高尾祥子が主演を見事に演じきり、好評を得た。――舞台は坂の多い日暮里、古ぼけたアパートの一室。この部屋に暮らすキャバレー勤めの一葉(いちよ)は、夫(大貫)がある身でありながら、アキヨシの給料を当てにしながら生活していた。この日、アパートに訪ねてきたアキヨシは、縁談話があり関西に転勤しなくてはならないことを一葉に告げる。「結婚詐欺師」と憤慨しながらも、「お幸せにね」と共同便所に消えた一葉は待てど戻らず・・・。