Life is a Stage
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- Movie: Life is a Stage
- Romaji: Tsubuyori Hanabutai
- Japanese: つぶより花舞台
- Director: Ema Kujira
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- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: January 31, 2009
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- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
[KANJYUKU-ZA] started when the media began to focus on the upcoming mass retirement of Baby Boomers in 2007. Most of the fourteen members (aged 58 -69) had no acting experience. Motivated by different reasons; -to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming a stage actor; to stay mentally fit; or simply to take up new challenges; members started from the very basics. By drawing on their life experiences in building the characters, they worked hard for seven months to achieve the goal of letting the dreams blossom in their first ever stage performance.
Director's Statement
I started [KANJYUKU-ZA], with members over 60, to allow the older generations to discover and enjoy small theatre performances. My impression of the "over sixties" was that they led a life free from worldly cares, spending their days in quiet retirement. To my surprise KANJYUKU-ZA members are vivacious and willing to learn new things. Their positive attitude toward life inspired me to document their fearless challenges from day one to the opening of the premiere stage performance seven months later. -- Ema Kujira
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