2000 Interview 06

-It uses a lot of fabric.

H:

I come from the Karyukai. *1

(*1 花柳界。The world of geisha and alcohol).

I liked the stage design of the play "Koku-ikkoku" that was performed at the Haiyuza Theatre.
The original Akanekoza theatre for "MIDORI" is (according to the historical researcher) closer to a playhouse than a freak show.
The puppets and living dolls we installed inside Akanekoza are based on the Octopus Woman from the freak show I saw as a child, the Hygiene Expo, and the Panorama Pavilion.
Then, I looked at books on Edo and Meiji era freak shows and selected things that I thought would be nice to have in real life.
It's the world of Musei Asakura's book "Freak Show Research."
Maruo's fans may have wanted to see a more radical and fashionable ero-guro.

-Is the next one the Itabashi Basement Performance?

H:
To be precise, the next version was decided to be at the Ueno Suijo Music Hall, and the script was completed, but the music hall did not allow the remodeling of the Audience seats, so it was canceled.

-In the basement version (November 1992), there was already an audience member in the Audience seats, and when the audience approached, the face of the audience member (the doll) would split in two, right?
It was different from the Japanese-style Akanekoza, and it was like an underground religious ceremony, with a pipe organ mass playing.

H:
I don't like to just sit in the audience from the beginning.
If there was an amazing set, wouldn't you want to wander around inside it? (*2)

*2...At that time, Harada went to see a Tokyo performance by a famous experimental theater company in Kansai. A huge set was built around the outdoor Audience seats, but unfortunately, the audience was guided to the audience seats as soon as they passed through the entrance.

Harada thought that the audience should have passed through the huge maze-like building once before arriving at the audience seats.