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An extremely ugly dispute
over the most beautiful Chikamatsu work!!
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The great playwright, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, also known as the "Japanese Shakespeare."
A well-made comedy, representative of Tsurumaki Gakudan, based on his masterpiece!

Since its premiere in 2006, it has won numerous awards, including the Grand Prize at the "TGR Sapporo Theater Festival," the Best Award at "Yugi-sai 06," and the Grand Prize at the "9th Kamiya Theater Award."
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the theater company's activities, it will tour four cities nationwide: Naha, Sapporo, Tokyo, and Obihiro.

Although it is a work from 20 years ago, it is still a representative work that symbolizes the theater company. Whether you haven't seen it yet or have seen it in the past, let's all have a big laugh together at the theater.

【Synopsis】
On a pleasant afternoon, a group of close acquaintances gathered to remember Takemoto Nobumori, a researcher of Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
As they were reminiscing, a lawyer appeared, claiming to have Nobumori's "will," and announced that he was looking for the "mistress" who should inherit the estate. Everyone denied the existence of a mistress to protect the shocked wife, but upon hearing the amount of the inheritance left behind….
"Actually, it's me!"
Who on earth is the mistress who can inherit the will!?


【Written and Directed by】
Keita Tsurumaki

【Cast】
Gen Nukumizu (Manten Hanten)
Naomi Tsukamoto
Ryohei Miyashita (Gekidan Naizo Tengoku)
Oto Miyawaki
Hina Soma (Tsurumaki Gakudan)
Aikane Kimura (Tsurumaki Gakudan)
Yu Furukawa (Tsurumaki Gakudan)

【Staff】
Music: Ayumi Kato
Lighting: Noriko Matsumoto (Sapporo), Hiroyuki Soma (Naha, Tokyo, Obihiro)
Sound: Ayumi Yamaguchi
Set Design: Yukiko Takamura
Stage Manager: Yukiko Sakamoto
Publicity Design: Nao Murakami
Puppet Photography Cooperation: Sapporo Ningyo Joruri Ashiriza
Production: Izuma Sakuma (Tsurumaki Gakudan), Hiromi Yanagida (Tsurumaki Gakudan)

A Sapporo Theatre Season 2026 participating work

Organizer: Sapporo Theatre Season Executive Committee
Creative City Sapporo for Theatre Project / Hokkaido Theatre Foundation / Concarino / BLOCH / Sapporo Education and Culture Hall (Sapporo Cultural Arts Foundation) / Hokkaido Citizens' Activities Center (Hokkaido Citizens' Activities Promotion Center) / Sapporo Youth and Women's Activity Association / Job-Kita Hachijou Gekijo / Hokkaido Arts Foundation / Novello / Sapporo City

Sponsorship: Aiseikan / Keiwa Business / Sapporo Ekimae-dori Area Management Company / Novello / Hokkaido Bank / HTB Hokkaido Television Broadcasting / HBC Hokkaido Broadcasting
Cooperation: Creative Office CUE / Theater Kino / North Pacific Bank / Sapporo Municipal Library & Archives
Support: Sapporo City Board of Education / The Hokkaido Shimbun Press / The Asahi Shimbun Hokkaido Branch / The Mainichi Newspapers Hokkaido Branch / The Yomiuri Shimbun Hokkaido Branch / Nikkei Inc. Sapporo Branch / HBC Hokkaido Broadcasting / STV Sapporo Television Broadcasting / HTB Hokkaido Television Broadcasting / UHB Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting / TVh Television Hokkaido / STV Radio / AIR-G' FM Hokkaido / FM North Wave / FM Apple / Sankakuyama Broadcasting Station / Hokkaido