English Title: Yu the Beautiful (Official English Title: Fair Lady)
Japanese Title: 虞美人
Romanized Title: Gu Bijin

Troupe: Flower
Year: 1951
Performances: Takarazuka Grand Theater, 10/2 - 10/30

Based On: Nagayo Yoshirou's play "Kouu and Ryuuhou"
Author/Director: Shirai Tetsuzou
Director: Koumura Kikuo
Composer: Kawasaki Ichirou, Yamane Hisao, Kawamura Tokuji
Choreographer: Yasumoto Shinji, Tamada Yuuzou, Izuguchi Setsuko, Watanabe Takeo
Conductor (Takarazuka):
Conductor (Tokyo): n/a

Available on DVD: No
Available on Blu-Ray: No
DVD Scene/Music Cuts: n/a

Role	Cast
Kou'u (aka Xiang Yu; was a general of surpassing valour, but is suffering a loss of popularity)	Kasugano Yachiyo
Guki (aka Yu Ji; Kou'u's favorite concubine; a peerless beauty)	Minami Yuuko
Ryuuhou (aka Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu)	Kamiyo Nishiki
Ryohi (aka Lü Zhi; Ryuuhou's empress)	Tougou Haruko
Kanshin (aka Han Xin; a famous commander under Ryuuhou)	Uchibuki Misa
In Toujou (aka Tao Niang; a princess of Gui Ji; after Kou'u kills her father, she works for Ryuuhou)	Yachigusa Kaoru Arima Ineko
Ou Ryo (aka Wang Ling; a young man deeply in love with Guki)	Minakaze Youko

Other Cast: Oki Yukiko, Miyoshi Sakuko, Tamano Hikari, etc.

WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!

Summary Information here.

• The third of three "Gu Bijin" performances given in 1951; the show ran in the Grand Theater almost continuously for three months, making it an amazingly long-run show.
• The performance included live horses on the stage, which Kouu and Ryuuhou rode.
• It was the first full-length show produced by Takarazuka, instead of the previous two, three, or more shows in one performance.

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