December 15, 2009
Anjin: English Samurai
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2009 This blockbuster collaboration by Horipro and the Royal Shakespeare Company chronicles the adventures of the “blue-eyed samurai,” William Adams, a British navigator who sailed to Japan in 1600 and eventually became an advisor to the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. The bilingual (albeit largely Japanese) production examines the life of […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2009
This blockbuster collaboration by Horipro and the Royal Shakespeare Company chronicles the adventures of the “blue-eyed samurai,” William Adams, a British navigator who sailed to Japan in 1600 and eventually became an advisor to the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. The bilingual (albeit largely Japanese) production examines the life of a man who served as a vital conduit for Western culture—and, later, the basis for James Clavell’s Shogun. Directed by the RSC’s Gregory Doran and starring Owen Teale as Adams and Masachika Ichimura as Tokugawa.
Anjin: English Samurai
Bilingual play about a foreign samurai, starring Owen Teale, Masachika Ichimura and Tatsuya Fujiwara. Until Jan 18, various times, ¥8,400 (A)/¥10,500 (S). The Galaxy Theatre, Tennozu. Tel: Horipro 03-3490-4949.
