Hachiko
Apr 1, 2004, 01:12
Thirteen years ago, when Hideki Noda's Yumeno Yuminsha theater company was all the rage, the acclaim that greeted his then-new play "Tomei Ningen no Yuge (The Hot Air of an Invisible Man)" caused him nothing but artistic distress.
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The stars and stripes is a not-so-subtle emblem of postwar Japan-U.S. relations in Hideki Noda's revivial of his 1991 play "Tomei Ningen no Yuge (The Hot Air of an Invisible Men)." PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL THEATER, TOKYO
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ft20040324a1.htm)
http://www.japantimes.com/images/photos2004/ft20040324a1a.jpg
The stars and stripes is a not-so-subtle emblem of postwar Japan-U.S. relations in Hideki Noda's revivial of his 1991 play "Tomei Ningen no Yuge (The Hot Air of an Invisible Men)." PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL THEATER, TOKYO
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ft20040324a1.htm)