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Psychiatrist Dr. Ichirō Irabu encounters three patients: aspiring actress Hiromi Yasukawa, who fears stalkers; timid office worker Tetsuya Taguchi, who has priapism; and young yakuza leader Seiji Ino, who fears spiky objects. The linked stories adapt material from Hideo Okuda’s collections In the Pool and Flying Trapeze.
Three clowns embody war, art and love while narrating the romance of Hans, a piano player who lost his hearing in war, and Marie, a dancer who lost her sight. Their play-within-a-play carries the story in a warm, lyrical style.
The story of young and adult Hamlet is interwoven through the clown Yorick. In the later described revision, Hamlet stages The Murder of Gonzago to investigate his father’s death, and the play’s close contrasts the tragedy with young Hamlet’s wish to perform cheerful comedies.
Psychiatrist Dr. Ichirō Irabu encounters three patients: aspiring actress Hiromi Yasukawa, who fears stalkers; timid office worker Tetsuya Taguchi, who has priapism; and young yakuza leader Seiji Ino, who fears spiky objects. The linked stories adapt material from Hideo Okuda’s collections In the Pool and Flying Trapeze.
Three clowns embody war, art and love while narrating the romance of Hans, a piano player who lost his hearing in war, and Marie, a dancer who lost her sight. Their play-within-a-play carries the story in a warm, lyrical style.
The story of young and adult Hamlet is interwoven through the clown Yorick. In the later described revision, Hamlet stages The Murder of Gonzago to investigate his father’s death, and the play’s close contrasts the tragedy with young Hamlet’s wish to perform cheerful comedies.