English Title: Beauty from a Demon / Fairies, Merchants of Dreams
Japanese Title: 鬼にもらった美女 / 夢を売る妖精たち
Romanized Title: Oni ni Moratta Bijo / Yume o Uru Yousei-tachi

Troupe: Flower
Year: 1966
Performances: Takarazuka Grand Theater, 07/30 - 08/31
Shinjin Kouen Performances: n/a

Beauty from a Demon:

Based On:
Author/Director: Shibata Yukihiro
Composer: Terada Takio
Choreographer: Nishikawa Richou
Conductor (Takarazuka): Nomura Youji
Conductor (Tokyo): n/a

Fairies, Merchants of Dreams:

Based On:
Author/Director: Takagi Shirou
Composer: Nakamoto Kiyozumi
Choreographer: Agata Youji, Yamada Takashi, Sekiya Yukio, Palmisano Shuny
Conductor (Takarazuka): Mizoguchi Takashi
Conductor (Tokyo): n/a

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Available on Blu-Ray:
DVD Scene/Music Cuts:

Role	Cast
Kino Haseo	Asadori Chiho
Ōhe San-Mi, a demon	Kou Nishiki
Taegino, demon's daughter	Shirayuki Shikime
Kibino Kunimaru	Kaoru Kuniko
Tachibana	Kaze Sayaka
Katsuramaru	Gou Chigusa
Kasumi	Hana Kuniko
Asukai	Yosano Hiromi

WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!

From the English program:



At the Miyako (or Kyoto) in the 8th century. Kino Haseo, a court noble, was a talented player of the shogi (a kind of chess) and there was none in the country who could compare with him in the skill of the game. However he had a weak point; he was a man who would not be liked by womenfolk. On a certain day, a pretty girl called at his residence. She said: “My father is very fond of the Shogi and he has never been beaten by anybody in the game. He is very anxious to compete with you in the game of Shogi. In case he is overcome, he will present you with anything of your choice”.

At once, Haseo had with her father a game of shogi. He won it. He, according to the promise, demanded that his daughter be given over to him, whereupon he, the father, was at once transformed into a demon. Haseo was not disturbed. He insisted that the daughter be given over as his bride. He said that he did not mind that she was a demon’s daughter.

The demon, the daughter’s father, said: “Now that you insist so eagerly on taking my daughter, all right, I will consent to giving her away to you. Only, bear this isn mind; in order that she is completely made into a human, you are never to touch even a finger on her body for one hundred days from now”.

Haseo took the girl to his residence to wait for one hundred days to pass along. On the very last da, however, he found it impossible to bear it up any longer. He touched her body when, lo! She was transfigured into a demon.

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This is a castle of fairies. They dance, singing "We are the fairies who sell dreams."

Singing Fairies (Men): Nachi Wataru, Kouzuki Noboru, Asadori Chiho
Singing Fairies (Women): Kisaragi Miwako, (Miwa Hisayuri))
Solo dancer: Shijou Hideko
Duet dancers: Konoe Mari, Kou Nishiki


Ancient lad and lass sing together: "The Moon allures us into a romantic dream."
Contemporary lad and lass sing: "The Moon is just a mass of stones."
Scholars sing: "Dreams of Mankind, Dreams of Science."
Dance of men at the stock exchange.
With the Goddess of Peace in the centre, they all sing in chorus: "Let's Sing Our Dreams."

Beatles: Miyoshi Sakuko, Mizuho Youko, Awaji Michiko, Miyoshino Kazuya
Singer (Young Woman): Asadori Chiho
Dancer (Woman): Konoe Mari
Monologue: Kouzuki Noboru
Duet dance (Man): Kou Nishiki
Duet dancer (Woman): Konoe Mari


Playing on a guitar, a boy sings: "Looking Up at the Stars"
While looking up at the starts, Kiyoshi, a boy, and Masako, a girl, begin to dream. In the dream a Star Prince appears and invites them to the Land of Fable, accompanied by a large number of toy dogs, cats and mechanical dolls.

Prince: Nachi Wataru
Boy of Glasses: Kouzuki Noboru
Mother: Shirayuki Shikime
Mechanical doll: Miyoshino Kazuya
Masako: Hana Kuniko
Kiyoshi: Gou Chigusa


Kiyoshi, Masako and their animal friends ride abroad a Milky Way train and arrive in the Land of Fable. The soldiers and dolls, and Peter Pan, the favourite figure, join in staging a dance of welcome for the sake of Kiyoshi and Masako.

Spirit of Star: Konoe Mari
Peter Pan: Asadori Chiho


At this juncture, the witch appears, accompanied by the mechanical dolls. The witch tries to bewitch Kiyoshi and Masako. At the eleventh hour, they are saved by Peter Pan and the Star Prince. They discover that they will all begin to dance madly when Kiyoshi blows at his harmonica brought all the way from Earth. They make a plan to overcome the monsters and the Witch by blowing at the harmonica and driving them mad by dancing. The plan turns out a success. Princess White Snow, held prisoner in an underground cell, is rescued. The Witch sprinkles her own magic medicine over her Body, she vanishes.


The school boys sing: "We'd Like to Love!"


Miss Sawada and Mr. Yamano are neighbours to each other. They once were lovers but they could not be married. They scheme variously to at least make their children love each other.

Juntaro (Boy): Nachi Wataru
Midori (Girl): Kouzuki Noboru
Father: Miyoshi Sakuko
Mother: Mizuho Youko
Monologue: Asadori Chiho
Singer: Kisaragi Miwako
Duet dancers: Kou Nishiki, Konoe Anzu
Dancer (Girl): Konoe Mari


Nachi Wataru, the noted Takarazuka star, appears on the stage. She sings a "Song of Chairs": The chair in the classroom, the electric chair for a condemned criminal, the chair to seat a cabinet minister etc. Then, the rivalry among the salaried men competing for a director's chair is portrayed in the style of a ballet.


A man agonised by a nightmare is depicted a la ballet.
A song of a palmist.

Palmist: Kouzuki Noboru

In the hustle and bustle of the town, a lone man sings: "I'm Solitary".


Saigo Takamori's bronze statue in Ueno Park, Tokyo, sings out: "For many years I've looked down upon Tokyo streets; wars, great earthquakes and air raids, and Japanese people who, out of debris, have risen up courageously-".
The radio and television broadcast the news that Saigo's statue was walking through the streets.
The citizens are plunged into confusion. Through the streets, Saigo's statue strides.


In the television studio, three young dancers dance with all their might. The director shouts out: "No good!". To console themselves, they sing: "If only you have a smart look, you'll be able to have a hit".

"A Mexican's song" and dance.

Singer: Kouzuki Noboru

The song and dance of "Yesterday".

Singer: Asadori Chiho

The song and dance of "Pigal".

Singer: Nachi Wataru


Girls of the new fashion sing together: "The Dream of Women".


Ballet (Solo): Shijou Hideko
SInging Fairies: Nachi Wataru, Kouzuki Noboru, Asadori Chiho, Kisaragi Miwako


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