An all-female cast playing brutal warlords? The Takarazuka Revue said 'hold my sake.'
In the Chunqiu Period, after King You is murdered, the Zhou dynasty loest authority and becomes no more than a name. Large feudal lords on the outskirts of the empire start making a new order by themselves. They fight for supremacy, using any means possible. The days of coexistence ends, and the days of war without honor starts.
Production
Takarazuka's signature all-female casting inverts ancient power dynamics spectacularly.
Costume
Elaborate period drag that somehow makes war crimes look fabulous.
Direction
Kimura Shinji balances intimate revue staging with sprawling historical scope.
Director
Kimura Shinji
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shinjin kouen are Takarazuka's 'newcomer performances' starring troupe rookies, making this a deliberate showcase of emerging talent in brutal roles.
The Chunqiu period's 'war without honor' mirrors Takarazuka's own history: an all-female institution surviving in patriarchal Japan by out-performing masculinity itself.
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