Touge no Manzai / Dragon and Phoenix Dreams
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English Title: Touge no Manzai / Dragon and Phoenix Dreams
Japanese Title: 峠の万才 / 龍鳳夢
Romanized Title: Touge no Manzai / Ronhanmon
Troupe: Flower
Year: 1967
Performances: Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, 03/08 - 03/29
Shinjin Kouen Performances: n/a
Touge no Manzai:
Based On: manzai performance of the same name
Author/Director: Utsumi Shigenori
Director/Choreographer: Nishikawa Koisaburou
Composer: Takahashi Ren
Conductor (Takarazuka): n/a
Conductor (Tokyo): Ootani Yoshikazu
Dragon and Phoenix Dreams:
Author/Director: Kamogawa Seisaku
Composer: Nakai Mitsuharu, Irie Kaoru, Terada Takio
Choreographer: Kawakami Gorou, Oka Masami, Agata Youji
Conductor (Takarazuka): n/a
Conductor (Tokyo): Ootani Yoshikazu
Available on DVD: No
Available on Blu-Ray: No
DVD Scene/Music Cuts: n/a
Touge no Manzai
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| Role | Cast | ||
| Saizo | Amatsu Otome (Senka) | ||
| Tayu | Miyoshi Sakuko (Senka) | ||
| Umako | Asadori Chiho | ||
| Aki | Miwa Hisayuri | ||
| Osan | Hana Kuniko | ||
| Kiyo | Kaoru Kuniko | ||
| Yasu | Kawaji Masa | ||
| Takashi | Kaze Sayaka | ||
| Hiro | Gou Chigusa | ||
Dragon and Phoenix Dreams
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| Role | Cast | ||
| Mama, widowed mother of Yutong and Baotong | Miyoshi Sakuko (Senka) | ||
| Minister Yuebing | Misaki Arisa (Moon) | ||
| Fengxian | Awaji Michiko | ||
| Zilan | Shirayuki Shikime | ||
| Fufu, tenant farmer | Mizuho Youko | ||
| Lianhua | Haruno Akemi | ||
| Meihua | Suwa Midori | ||
| Eldest Son of the Dragon Clan, Yutong | Asadori Chiho | ||
| Second Eldest Son of the Dragon Clan, Baotong | Kouzuki Noboru (Star) | ||
| Zhumudan, female thief, Crimson Peony | Konoe Mari | ||
| Lumudan, leader of female thieves, Green Peony | Kou Nishiki | ||
| Heimudan, female thief Black Peony | Kaze Sayaka | ||
| Second Eldest Daughter of the Phoenix Clan, Meimei | Miwa Hisayuri | ||
| Eldest Daughter of the Phoenix Clan, Niangniang | Gou Chigusa | ||
| Emperor | Katsuragi Yutaka | ||
| Empress | Utagawa Harumi | ||
| Balang | Miyoshino Kazuya | ||
Other Cast: Miyama Etsu, Murasame Chizuru, Akatsuki Hidemi, Shima Miho, Asaji Hikaru, Kurushima Wataru, Yasaka Akemi, Kawaji Masa, Asazuki Mario, Hatsumi Yuka, Sakuhana Yayoi, Tajima Kumi, Miha Kazusa, etc.
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Touge no Manzai
In Kitayama, in mountain villages where snow still remains, children are having fun playing with Hina dolls before the Doll's Festival. At the pass, Umako leisurely sings Umako-uta as he passes by.
Saizo and Tayu went from town to town and village to village during the New Year holidays, but today they parted ways at this mountain pass. The two, who regretted parting, decided to dance their final manzai here.
"Having prospered for generations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to him."
The warblers crowed for a while to match the two's manzai.
"Spring is already here..."
Dragon and Phoenix Dreams
Set in ancient China, where a splendid feast was held in the court to celebrate the New Year. The emperor came up with the idea of bringing together the sons of the Dragon clan and the daughters of the Phoenix clan.
In other words, the eldest son of the Dragon clan, Yutong, married the second daughter of the Phoenix clan, Meimei, and the eldest daughter of the Phoenix clan, Niangniang, married the second son of the Dragon clan, Baotong.
Mama, the widow of the Dragon clan, took her sons to the lotus pond shrine where they worshiped their ancestors. After the three of them came to the lotus pond, Meimei and Niangniang, who had been invited by Baotong, arrived. Some female thieves were hanging around the shrine. Their leader was Lumudan (Green Peony), and she slyly deceived the Dragon and Phoenix clans that she and the other thieves were ghosts.
Minister Yuebing was determined to capture the female thieves in order to settle the grudge.
Winter passed and spring came, and Minister Yuebing was finally able to catch Lumudan (who had snuck into the Qingming Festival banquet). Also, although the pairings of the Phoenix clan and Dragon clan were a little different, there would be a wedding ceremony between Yutong and Niangniang, and Baotong and Meimei. That night, however, Lumudan's thieves rushed to rescue their leader, throwing the happy wedding into chaos.
Fifty years later, in the spring, the golden wedding ceremony of the Phoenix and Dragon clans was held. The final participants were Yutong and Meimei, Baotong and Lumudan (actually Niangniang's younger sister, Lili), tenant farmers Wanglang and Fufu, and the manservant Balang and Niangniang.
How did this turn out to be...?
- Final performance for Haruno Akemi, Asaji Hikaru, and Suminoe Yumeji.
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