On 21 March 2003, on the eve of the American and British offensive in Iraq, Japan rejoined the ranks of the armed nations for the first time since 1945. It is against this historical backdrop that the characters in Five Days in March become part of a story of the everyday life of Tokyo adolescents and the so-called hikikomori — "N" generation ("no job, no income"). The colloquial language they speak is utterly real, and betrays a dislocation as their bodies try to wrest meaning from gestures in a world where all certainty seems vague and undefined.
Award-winning playwright and director Toshiki Okada and his company visit Chapter for two performances after playing major festivals across Europe (Salzburg, Vienna, Brussels). chelfitsch are named as a childlike disarticulation of the word "selfish", evoking the social and cultural characteristics of contemporary Japanese society, especially in cities such as Tokyo.
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Performed in Japanese with English surtitles.
Supported by the Anglo-Japanese Daiwa Foundation and the City of Tokyo.
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