日本滞在中に隙間時間とのタイミングが合うと、小さな劇場に足を運ぶ。
若くして他界した親友と、学生時代によく芝居を観に行った。
役者の息遣いが感じられる距離が、私にとって原点を思い出すツールになる。
舞台は、太平洋戦争の終戦間近、帝国陸軍訓練所があった満州。
「負け戦でも、最後まで日本国のために戦う」と特攻を志願する将校たち。
そのなかに、夫と共に特攻機に乗り込んだ女性がいた。
彼女はなぜ特攻を選んだのか。特攻隊の意義とは何だったのか。
「特攻に行く人は誇りだが、それを強いるのは日本の恥」
原爆症で亡くなった、当時19歳の女性の言葉が劇のテーマとなっている。
軍国主義一色の時代に、物事の二面性を冷静に見つめる洞察力が育まれていた。
それを敢えてこの時代に再現したことに、制作者の強い意図が感じられる。
実力のある役者が揃い、個性豊かな配役を、それぞれが見事に演じている。
三途の川や占いなど、スピリチュアルなシーンを加えて戦争を描き、
男たちが、本土から流れてきた女性らと酒場で絡む人間らしさも生々しい。
小さな劇場で、あれだけ臨場感のある操縦シーンを再現する演出力も感動。
戦争を風化させてはいけない。
深く重いテーマなのに、あっという間の２時間。
今の時代に、観て感じることの大切さを痛感する舞台だった。
©️演劇ユニット ニラカナエナジー
While staying in Japan, I visit a small theater if I have a chance.
Since my school days, I often went to see plays with my best friend who passed away at twenty-two years old.
The distance at which the actor's breath is felt can be a tool for me to remember my origin.
The stage was Manchuria, near the end of the Pacific War, when the Imperial Army Training Center was located.
"We will fight for Japan until the end, even if we lose."
Many officers hoped to volunteer for a special attack.
Among them, there was a woman who got into the attacking plane with her husband.
Why did she choose to attack? What was the meaning of the a suicide squad, special attack squadron?
"We proud people who hoped to be a suicide squad attack, but it is Japanese shame to force it"
The words of a 19-year-old woman who died of atomic bomb disease are the theme of the play.
Even it was at the era of militarism, the insight to calmly look at the duality of things was fostered.
I felt the strong intention of the producer in that she daringly reproduced in this era.
The talented actors are lined up, and each one plays a distinctive cast.
A war is drawn by adding spiritual scenes such as horoscopes.
The scene in which men interact with women who worked at the bar makes them so human.
The performance that reproduces the attacking scene with a sense of reality at a small theater, is also impressive.
We never forget the war.
Although it was a deep and heavy theme, I felt 2 hours was short.
Most important thing is to see and feel something directly.
