English Title: Growing Up
Japanese Title: たけくらべ
Romanized Title: Takekurabe

Troupe: Flower
Year: 1994
Performances: Nippon Seinenkan Hall, 5/29 - 6/6; Aichi Annuity Hall, 6/8 - 6/10

Based On: "Growing Up" by Higuchi Ichiyo
Author/Director: Shibata Yukihiro
Composer: Terada Takio, Yoshida Yuuko
Choreographer:　Hanawaka Shunjuu

Available on DVD: No

Role	Cast
Fujimoto Nobuyuki (eldest son of Ryugeji temple)	Aika Mire
Midori (younger sister of Yoshiwara's Oiran Omaki)	Morina Miharu
Shoutarou (street gang leader. grandson of Tanakaya)	Hatsukaze Midori
Choukichi (street gang leader)	Kaori Yutaka
Nakazou (master of the house next to the stationary shop) / Onui (Shoutarou's grandmother. Tanakaya pawn shop)	Suzuka Teru
Oshou (Nobuyuki's father. chief priest of Ryugeji Temple)	Ebira Kaoru
Omaki (Nobuyuki's mother)	?
Oomaki (Oryou. Midori's sister)	Mitsuki Ayu
Okuni (Midori and Oryou's mother)	?
Natsu (mistress of the stationary shop)	Shino Yuka
Genshichi (temple man at Ryugeji. former young master of a futon store)	Takaragi Meri
Tetsugorou (rickshaw man)	?
Sangorou	Chinami Yuu
Ohana (Nobuyuki's sister)	?
Otsuma (new prostitute of the red-light district)	?

Other Cast: (Senka) Kou Hizuru, (Flower) Ichihara Kei, Yumeno Chikoto, Shou Tsukasa, Ootomo Reika, Morotori Ai, Himiya Reiko, Kizuki Ayumu, Shihou Akeno, Yuuya Naho, Haruno Sumire, Minami Shizuka, Futaba Miki, Hiro Miyoshi, Amano Yuka, Mutsuki Mao, Ayukawa Natsuki

WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!

Summary of the novella:
The main characters are children living on the edge of Yoshiwara, the only district of Edo (later Tokyo) that was licensed for prostitution. As they grow up, they find themselves assuming their family professions and losing the freedom they enjoyed as children.


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