Summary
Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4) examines the dynamic relationship between theatre and the society through depicting Hirata's activities. In order for his art and his not-so-commercial company to survive this highly capitalistic modern society, what kind of strategy does Hirata have and practice?
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- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 76GoodWatch 68
IMDb7.6
Running time
2 h 50 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +74 min on the typical 96
typical 96170Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 75 countries
+65Released
2012
November 21, 2012
14 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishFrenchMade in
Japan
Directing · 1
- Kazuhiro Soda Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Production · 1
- Kiyoko Kashiwagi Producer
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The Theatre series
Film 2 of 2 · after Theatre 1
- Theatre 1 (2012)
GoodWatch score 65Film 1
- Theatre 2 (2012)GoodWatch score 68
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