“The Japanese Navel” is a play, stage production, and movie written by Hisashi Inoue. It was specially written for the 34th performance of the Theatre Echo troupe and premiered in February 1969. The play is composed of two acts and is known as Inoue’s full-fledged debut as a playwright. At its 2010 staging, it received the Yomiuri Theater Award’s Special Jury Prize. The play uses a play-within-a-play structure to depict the life of a stripper from Asakusa as a treatment for stuttering, leading to a story with many twists and turns. The play was adapted into a movie in 1977, produced by the Art Theatre Guild.
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The story unfolds as a confessional play for stuttering correction, held on a small theater stage, which soon becomes a full fledged movie. The main character is Helen Amatsu, a former stripper from Asakusa,...
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The story unfolds as a confessional play for stuttering correction, held on a small theater stage, which soon becomes a full fledged movie. The main character is Helen Amatsu, a former stripper from Asakusa,...
- 7/2/2025
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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