List of Musicals Based on Japanese Literature Please note: These are adaptations based on Japanese novels or other literature. This list is incomplete. Please add to it if you can! Source AuthorSource Material (based on)YearTroupeTitleJapanese Playwright Kojiki2004Snow Susano-o Kimura Shinji The Tale of the Heike2006Moon Yearning for My Husband Kodama Akiko The Tale of the Hamamatsu Chūnagon2005Snow Sleeping Moon Oono Takuji Akagawa JirouThe Great Detective is All Alone1984Flower The Great Detective is All Alone Oozeki Hiromasa 1985Flower The Great Detective is All Alone Oozeki Hiromasa Arisugawa ArisuGhost Detective2021MoonGhost Detective Ishida Masaya Asada Jirō Chateau de la Reine2017Cosmos Chateau de la Reine Tabuchi Daisuke The Firmament of the Pleiades2022Snow The Firmament of the Pleiades Harada Ryou When the Last Sword Is Drawn2019Snow When the Last Sword Is Drawn Ishida Masaya Chikamatsu MonzaemonThe Courier for Hell 1979Star Lovers' Suicide: Love in Yamatoji Suganuma Jun 1982Star Lovers' Suicide: Love in Yamatoji Suganuma Jun 1989Moon Lovers' Suicide: Love in Yamatoji Suganuma Jun 1999Snow Lovers' Suicide: Love in Yamatoji Suganuma Jun 2014Snow Lovers' Suicide: Love in Yamatoji Suganuma Jun 2022SnowLovers' Suicide: Love in Yamatoji Suganuma Jun miscellaneous2012Flower Chikamatsu: Journey on the Road of Love Ueda Keiko Edogawa RampoThe Black Lizard2007Flower Akechi Kogorou's Incident Report -The Black Lizard- Kimura Shinji The Golden Mask1995-96Moon Beyond the End Kimura Shinji Enomoto ShigetamiExpelled from Edo2005Star Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki Ueda Shinji 2017Moon Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki Ueda Shinji Fujimoto HitomiSeal of the Bourbons1993-94Snow Seal of the Bourbons Oota Tetsunori The Treasure Sword of Habsburg2010Star The Treasure Sword of Habsburg Ueda Keiko Fujisawa ShuuheiA Chorus of Cicadas1994Star I Won't Forget the Young Day's Song Oozeki Hiromasa 1995Star I Won't Forget the Young Day's Song Oozeki Hiromasa 2013Snow I Won't Forget the Young Day's Song Oozeki Hiromasa 2013Snow I Won't Forget the Young Day's Song Oozeki Hiromasa Fukunaga TakehikoAfter the Wind has Gone (風のかたみ)1979Moon The Chronicles of Shunshuu Sakai Sumio Harue Kazuya The Prague Spring 2002Star The Prague Spring Tani Masazumi Higashino KeigoMasquerade Hotel2020Flower Masquerade Hotel Tani Masazumi Higuchi IchiyoGrowing Up1973Snow Growing Up Shibata Yukihiro 1994Moon Growing Up Shibata Yukihiro 1994Flower Growing Up Shibata Yukihiro Higuchi ShuukichiAvatar Island1994Snow Blown By the Wind Yokozawa Hideo Ibuki YukiCompany2018Moon Company Ishida Masaya Inoue YasushiDreaming about Russia2001Cosmos Nostalgia Across the Sea Tani Masazumi Ishizaka YoujirouHi no Ataru Sakamichi1978Snow Johnny On the Hill Suganuma Jun Itou KeiichiSunset Elegy1971StarMy Love Lies Over the Mountains Ueda Shinji 1985Star My Love Lies Over the Mountains Ueda Shinji 1999-2000Star My Love Lies Over the Mountains Ueda Shinji 2011Moon My Love Lies Over the Mountains Ueda Shinji Itou SachioGrave of the Wild Chrysanthemum1983Moon Poem of the Wild Chrysanthemum Sakai Sumio Itsuki HiroyukiGrave of the Crested Ibis (Toki no Haka)1979Star The Midnight Sun, My Love Ueda Shinji, Ako Takeshi Iwashita ShunsakuThe Life of Wild Matsu1982Moon Eternal Tale Kusano Akira 1983Moon Eternal Tale Kusano Akira 1988Moon Eternal Tale Kusano Akira 1998Moon Eternal Tale Kusano Akira Izumi KyoukaThe Castle Tower1961Moon A Tale of a Castle Tower Shirai Tetsuzou Kanze NobumitsuAutumn-Leaf Viewing1946Flower Autumn-Leaf Viewing Mizuta Shigeru Kawatake MokuamiThree Kichisaburōs Go Shopping at the New Year in the Pleasure Quarters1974Flower Lovely Miss Kichisa Utsumi Shigenori Kikuta KazuoThe Flower and the Mountain Warrior1981Moon The Viking of Capri Ako Takeshi 1982Moon The Viking of Capri Ako Takeshi Kitahara SatokoMary of Ants' Town1972Snow Town of Shooting Stars Takagi Shirou Kyokutei BakinThe Chronicles of the Eight Dog Heroes of the Satomi Clan of Nansô2003Cosmos Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors Suzuki Kei Mikami OtokichiAn Actor's Revenge1994-95Snow An Actor's Revenge Shibata Yukihiro Mishima YukioSpring Snow2012Moon Spring Snow Ikuta Hirokazu Miyazawa KenjiNight on the Galactic Railroad2001Star Ihatov Dream Fujii Daisuke Mori OugaiThe Dancing Girl2007-08Flower The Dancing Girl Ueda Keiko 2023FlowerThe Dancing Girl Ueda Keiko Murasaki ShikibuThe Tale of Genji1952Flower The Tale of Genji Shirai Tetsuzou 1973Star Ukifune and Kaoru-no-Kimi Sakai Sumio 1981Moon The New Tale of Genji Shibata Yukihiro 1989Moon The New Tale of Genji Shibata Yukihiro 2015Flower The New Tale of Genji Shibata Yukihiro 2008-09Moon Floating Bridge of Dreams Oono Takuji Nagayo YoshirouEmperor Gaozu and Xiang Yu1951Star Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1951Moon Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1951Flower Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 2010Flower Yu the Beautiful Kimura Shinji Namiki YouRusudan of the Land of the Setting Sun2022Star Dmitri Ikuta Hirokazu Okamoto IppeiDraw Your Sword1980Flower Draw Your Sword Takagi Shirou Ryuu KeiichirouAbandoned Child - Matsudaira Tadateru2003Flower A Flute Named Wind Tani Masazumi Ichimuan Fuuryuuki2014Snow Maeda Keiji - A Dreamer and a Hermit- Oono Takuji Saisei MurooYamabuki1960Star Yamabuki Ariyoshi Sawako, Kasugano Yachiyo Satou KenichiPierre the Mercenary2003Cosmos Pierre the Mercenary Ishida Masaya Shiba RyoutarouOsaka Zamurai2007Moon Osaka Samurai Ishida Masaya Shindou FuyukiThe Last Snow of Spring2009Snow The Last Snow of Spring Kodama Akiko Shiono NanamiCesare Borgia the Elegant Tyrant1997Moon Cesare Borgia Shibata Yukihiro The Murder of Saint Marco1991Flower The Emblem of Venetia Shibata Yukihiro 2021SnowThe Emblem of Venetia Shibata Yukihiro Shouno EijiMeadow of Stars1971Star Meadow of Stars Takagi Shirou Takada KaoruTwo Pieces of Silver2015Snow Two Pieces of Silver Tani Masazumi Takahashi KatsuhikoFiery Enmity: Hero of the North2017Star Aterui Oono Takuji Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku, Namiki Senryū IYoshitsune Senbon Zakura1952Star A Lyrical Journey to the First Breath of Spring Ono Harumichi Tanabe SeikoDance, Snail, Dance!1979-80Flower Dance, Snail, Dance! Ako Takeshi Prince Hayabusawake's Rebellion1978Moon Prince Hayabusawake's Rebellion Ako Takeshi Tanizaki JunichirouThe Portrait of Shunkin1982Moon Limitless Love Utsumi Shigenori 1995-96Star Complete Devotion Ishida Masaya 2002Snow Complete Devotion Ishida Masaya 2008Cosmos Complete Devotion Ishida Masaya 2022Flower Complete Devotion Ishida Masaya Tsukishima SoukiThe Samurai of Paris2011-12Snow Samourai Tani Masazumi Ueda AkinariTales of Moonlight and Rain1974Moon Shuusenshou Sakai Sumio 1999Snow House Amid the Thickets Sakai Sumio Watanabe JuunichiMueitou2012Snow Hyperbolic Chart Ishida Masaya 2023Snow Hyperbolic Chart Ishida Masaya Yamada FuutarouThe Yagyu Ninja Scrolls2021Star The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls Oono Takuji Yamamoto ShuugorouBeside the Falling Leaves1972Snow Melody of Falling Leaves Shibata Yukihiro A Brute1991Moon The Kawagiri Bridge Shibata Yukihiro 2021Moon The Kawagiri BridgeShibata Yukihiro Chiisakobe1971Flower A Small Flower Has Bloomed Shibata Yukihiro 1973Flower A Small Flower Has Bloomed Shibata Yukihiro 1981Star A Small Flower Has Bloomed Shibata Yukihiro 1982Star A Small Flower Has Bloomed Shibata Yukihiro 1991Flower A Small Flower Has Bloomed Shibata Yukihiro 1992Flower A Small Flower Has Bloomed Shibata Yukihiro 2011Flower A Small Flower Has Bloomed Shibata Yukihiro Fukagawa Anrakutei1991Moon Dew Drops on Hydrangeas Tani Masazumi Hannosuke Shuugen1984Moon A Narrow Road of Daphne Shibata Yukihiro Nowaki1971Star For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro 1973Star For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro 1978Star For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro 1978Snow For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro Sabu1974Moon Pale Dawn Shibata Yukihiro 1997-98Flower Pale Dawn Shibata Yukihiro Tsurishinobu1971Star For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro 1973Star For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro 1978Snow For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro 1978Star For as Long as I Live Shibata Yukihiro Yanagibashi Stories1991Moon The Kawagiri Bridge Shibata Yukihiro Yamate KiichirouYumesuke's Dream - Senryo Souvenir2022SnowYumesuke's Dream-Senryo Souvenir Ishida Masaya Yasushi InoueThe Life of Yang Kuiei-fei2004Star Ch'Ang-an: Full of Swirling Flowers Sakai Sumio Yoshikawa EijiMiyamoto Musashi2019Moon Unmatched in Dreams and Reality Saitou Yoshimasa Yoshirou NagayoKou to Ryuho1951Star Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1951Moon Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1951Flower Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1955Star Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1974Star/Flower Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1974Flower/Star Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou 1974Flower/Star Yu the Beautiful Shirai Tetsuzou