Inspired by two stories by Jun’ichirô Tanizaki, Shun-kin marks a return to Japanese literature for Simon McBurney and his company Complicite, after their theatrical adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s writings in 2004. With a fully Japanese cast, Shun-kin tells the story of a servant’s selfless love for his blind mistress, where passion and sadism coexist.
Shun-kin
adapted from the writings of Jun’ichirô Tanizaki
Direction, Simon McBurney
Music, Honjoh Hidetaro
Décors, Merle Hensel, Rumi Matsui
Light, Paul Anderson
Sound, Gareth Fry
Projection, Finn Ross for mesmer
Costumes, Christina Cunningham
Puppetry, Blind Summit Theatre
Assistant Director, Kirsty Housley
Script Editor, Jo Allan
With Kaho Aso, Songha Cho, Eri Fukatsu, Honjoh Hidetaro, Kentaro Mizuki, Yasuyo Mochizuki, Yoshi Oida, Keitoku Takata, Ryoko Tateishi, Junko Uchida
Coproduction Complicite ; Setagaya Public Theatre ; Tokyo et barbicanbite09
Corealisation Théâtre de la Ville-Paris ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Fondation Franco-Japonaise Sasakawa, The Japan Foundation (Performing Arts Japan Program) and the Foundation for the study of Japanese Language and civilization under the aegis o Fondation de France
November 18 to November 23
Address : 2, place du Châtelet – 75004 Paris
Metro : Châtelet -RER : Châtelet-Les Halles
www.theatredelaville-paris.com
Novembre 18 to 23, 20h30,
Saturday 15h and 20h30, No Performance on Sunday
16€ and 28€
Subscription 16€
Performance in Japanese with French subtitles
Duration : 1h50
