The Story Of a Sword, Love, and a Rainbow / Jubilation!
Picture Credit: Caithion
English Title: The Story Of a Sword, Love, and a Rainbow / Jubilation!
Japanese Title: 剣と恋と虹と / ジュビレーション!
Romanized Title: Ken to Koi to Niji to / Jubireeshon!
Troupe: Star
Year: 1995-96
Performances: Takarazuka Grand Theater, 9/29 - 11/6; Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, 3/4 - 3/31
The Story Of a Sword, Love, and a Rainbow :
Based On: the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Author/Director: Oota Tetsunori
Composer: Yoshizaki Kenji
Choreographer: Akiko Kanda
Conductor (Takarazuka):
Conductor (Tokyo):
Shinjin Kouen Director: Oota Tetsunori
Jubilation:
Author/Director: Ishida Masaya
Composer: Nishimura Kouji, Minami Yasuo, Bob Sakuma, Oomachi Tatsuto
Choreographer: Ai Erina, Sekine Reiko, Ozawa Natsuko
Available on DVD: VHS only
Role | Cast | Shinko Cast | |
Edmond de Blagnac (a good-looking master of fencing who is also skilled at poetry) | Asaji Saki | Kozuki Wataru | |
Christine (the daughter of a count who thinks of Edmond as an older brother) | Shiraki Ayaka | Kuji Akari | |
Baron Gerard de Neuvillette (a naive but passionate young man) | Minoru Kou | Asamiya Mayu | |
Rinier (a poet, Edmond's good friend) | Maori Yuki | Takao Rio | |
Comte Clavier (Christine's father, Edmond's dueling partner) | Hoshihara Misao | Tsukasa Yuuki | |
Comte Antoine de Guiche (French army commander from Gascon) | Itsuki Chihiro | Oohiro Ayumu | |
Marcel (de Guiche's man) | Emao Yuu | Shiran Masumi | |
Phillipe (Christine's brother) | Natsumi You | Kujou Akira | |
Carbon de Castel-Jaloux (a young commanding officer from Gascon) | Senju Hikaru | Oonatsu Shizuki | |
Le Bret (a young executive officer from Gascon) | Ema Naoki | Kazaki Maya | |
Ragueneau (owner of a confectionary shop, Edmond's friend) | Chiaki Shin | Asamine Hikari | |
Louise (Ragueneau's wife) | Izumo Aya | Suzuna Saya | |
Beatrice (the Cardinal's niece, de Guiche's lover) | Tomo Maika | Shiratori Yurie | |
Catherine (Phillipe's fiance) | Mari Yuzumi | Akisono Mio | |
Constance (Marcel's lover) | Tsukikage Hitomi | Miya Erika | |
Madeleine (Rinier's sister) | Marisa Hitomi | Hazumi Rui | |
Sabine (Rinier's lover) | Ryou Akino | Yoshino Kyouka | |
Nicolas (Edmond's valet) | Chitose Manabu | Manami Shiho | |
Jack | Kozuki Wataru | ||
Isabel | Mimi Anri | ||
Paul | Oohiro Ayumu | ||
Henri | Manaka Hikaru | ||
Doven | Takayagi Midori | ||
Theresa | Hazumi Rui | ||
Adel | Shouno Saki | ||
Aran | Kanda Tomo | ||
Jose | Kujou Akira | ||
Lignière | Maori Yuki | ||
Francois | Nozomi Kei | ||
Mulgrew | Oonatsu Shizuki | ||
Bertrand | Asamine Hikari | ||
Blake | Manami Shiho | ||
Robert | Akira Kazuki | ||
Flanchard | Miyabi Kei | ||
Lysimon | Nishiki Ai | ||
Georges | Ayaka Yuu | ||
Brigitte | Shinobu Murasaki | ||
Jeanne | Asukai Mari | ||
Anne | Misono Erika | ||
Roche | Asamiya Mayu | ||
Marie | Kei Natsuki | ||
Michele | Suzuna Saya | ||
Anna | Tachibana Hitomi | ||
Montfleury | Kyougoku Ayano | ||
Levi | Oka Kazumi | ||
La Belle | Miya Erika |
Other Cast: Matsubara Midori, Sagikusa Kaoru, Maiji Haruka, Hara Miteki, Hibiya Megumi, Tsuzushiro Ai, Hanasaki Rika, Mizuhara Madoka, Natsukaze Rio, Shiran Masumi, Ayase Saki, Asazumi Kei, Kazu Yuuto, Matobu Sei, Yukiji Kaho, Yume Daiki, Hatsuki Kanade, Tsubaki Hiroka, Azusa Marin, Maihana Kyou, Masumi Urara, Yuuki Mayu, Ayame Hikaru, Yumesaki Minori, Asazora Riho, Miki Chigusa, Aimi Rise, Kuon Maya, Minase Ao, Kaihou Tamaki, Ayasaki Narumi, Tatsu Tsukasa, Hodaka Yuu, Tsukasa Yuuki, Kazaki Maya, Riri Seira, Fubuki Ayu, Machi Arisa, Hanasaki Rika, Kajika Kumi, Yoshino Kyouka, Hisato Rie
WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!
The Story Of a Sword, Love, and a Rainbow
Based on Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, with a few key differences.
The story opens on an argument, as the Comte Clavier accuses our hero Edmond of having taken something of his. Edmond protests that the comte is mistaken, and is drawn unwillingly into a fight when the comte draws his sword. During the scuffle, he accidentally kills the comte.
A few days later, he meets Christine when he saves her from some ruffians in an inn. He falls in love with her at first glance. But he learns she is traveling to Paris to consult with her older brother Philippe, after the death of her father by an unknown assailant. Her father, he realizes, is the Comte Clavier. It is a horrifying moment for Edmond, because although he loves Christine, he knows he can never woo the daughter of a man he has killed.
As the story continues, Christine and Edmond meet again in Paris, and Christine confides to Edmond that she feels he is like a second older brother to her. Trapped, Edmond agrees she is like a sister to him as well. She admits to Edmond that she likes the young Baron Gerard. Gerard, of course, is madly in love with Christine, but he's young and brains are not his strong point. Edmond realizes that he can use Gerard as a means of conveying his feelings to Christine; he writes her love letters, and then Gerard signs them and passes them on as his own.
Things progress, and Gerard goes to Christine's house one night to confess his feelings in person. He refuses to take Edmond's advice this time, all set to confess in his own words. What follows is a million "I love you"s, and Christine, bored, leaves him to go to bed. Gerard is crushed, and begs Edmond to help him. Edmond does, lending him words, and then taking his place in the dark as he speaks eloquently to Christine up on her balcony. Before things can go much further, Gerard and Edmond's senior officer de Guiche (a bit of a buffoon, and spiteful) arrives. Edmond distracts him, but in the process, learns that the cadets are setting out in the morning to fight the Spanish.
The cadets are faced with deteriorating conditions. De Guiche arrives, bringing with him Philippe. A glove was found which identified Edmond as the murderer of his father, and Philippe has come to accuse him. However, when he tries to start a duel, Edmond refuses. Suddenly, the Spanish attack, and Philippe is killed. Edmond and Gerard both realize that they might never see Christine again. Edmond gives Gerard one final letter to give to Christine. Gerard realizes that Edmond, too, loves Christine. Suddenly, surprisingly!, Christine and her ladies arrive, bringing food. She tells Gerard (in Edmond's hearing) that she loves his poetic soul, the soul that could write her such beautiful letters. After she leaves, Gerard tells Edmond that obviously Christine loves him, but Edmond won't listen and insists that Christine loves Gerard. Gerard declares that he will tell Christine the truth, when suddenly the enemy attack again. Gerard is killed in the confusion as he tries to get Christine to safety. She finds his final letter, and takes it. She collapses, crying hysterically. De Guiche and his men take her from the field, while Edmond and the cadets take what they believe to be their final stand. Edmond gives one of Christine's ladies a letter for her to read if he dies...
Five years later, Christine receives weekly visits from her only, her dear friend Edmond. De Guiche has finally realized the impossibility of his suit. This is Saturday, the day Edmond should come, but he is late. Christine's former lady arrives, and gives her the letter Edmond gave her long, long ago. She asks her to understand Edmond. The letter is a simple and heart-felt confession about the death of Christine's father and brother. Meanwhile, Edmond's friends are in uproar. He has taken a bad blow to the head, and should be in bed, but he has vanished. Not knowing this, Christine is not surprised when Edmond arrives as per usual. He walks stiffly, and his speech is halting — he says an old wound is paining him. They talk for a while, and then Edmond asks to read the last love letter that Gerard wrote. Christine gives it to him, and he begins reading it aloud. But the light is fading and he continues to recite it from memory. Christine realizes that it was Edmond, after all, who wrote all of those letters, and Edmond who spoke to her that night from under her balcony.
Just then, Edmond's friends reappear, and Edmond's wound is revealed to Christine. Edmond gives her his weekly status report: "This week's news — October 26th, Saturday. Edmond de Blagnac is murdered." He collapses into her arms, rises to hallucinate his duel with death, and falls again, this time to die.
Jubilation!
Scenes 1~3 Prologue
Prologue Man S2: Minoru Kou
Prologue Man S1: Asaji Saki
Prologue Woman S: Shiraki Ayaka
Prologue Man: Maori Yuki
Prologue Woman: Marisa Hitomi, Ryou Akino
Scenes 4~6 Antarctic Illusion
Polar Explorer Member A: Minoru Kou
Boat Captain: Chiaki Shin
Spirit of the Aurora: Shiraki Ayaka
Scenes 7~9 Gambler
Gambler S: Asaji Saki
Lady Dealers: Tomo Maika, Kujou Akira
Lady Gambler: Tsukikage Hitomi
Scene 10 Star Medley A
Gentleman S (singer): Minoru Kou
Scene 11 Star Medley B
Young Men S: Kanda Tomo, Kozuki Wataru
Scene 12A Star Medley C
Young Lady S: Tsukikage Hitomi
Scene 12B Star Medley D
Singer: Maori Yuki
Dancer (man): Senju Hikaru, Ema Naoki
Dancer (women): Mari Yuzumi, Tomo Maika
Scene 12C Star Medley E
Lady (singer): Shiraki Ayaka
Scene 12D Star Medley F
Singer: Emao Yuu
Girls A: Marisa Hitomi, Ryou Akino
Scene 12E Star Medley G
Singing Gentleman: Minoru Kou
Singers (men): Maori Yuki, Emao Yuu
Young Men S: Kanda Tomo, Kozuki Wataru
Young Lady S: Tsukikage Hitomi
Scene 13 Star Medley H
Dancing Gentleman: Senju Hikaru
Dancing Lady: Nozomi Kei
Scene 14 Triple Steps
Dandies: Asaji Saki, Minoru Kou
Miss Dandy: Shiraki Ayaka
Scene 15 Channel War A
Kid 1: Maori Yuki
Kid 2: Emao Yuu
Scene 16 Channel War B
Combat A: Maori Yuki
Detective A: Emao Yuu
Announcer: Natsumi You
Lucy: Izumo Aya
Neko: Mari Yuzumi
Scene 17 Spouse Quarrel
Father: Minoru Kou
Mother: Tsukikage Hitomi
Kid 1: Maori Yuki
Kid 2: Emao Yuu
Scenes 18 Jewelry
Jewelry Man S: Asaji Saki
Jewelry Woman S: Shiraki Ayaka
Scenes 19~20 Finale
Etoile: Izumo Aya
- Final performance for Senju Hikaru, Agi Katsura, and Maori Yuki.
Review by Ekusudei
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