She is depicted with Mio Ogawa as Meg, Kiyomichi Shiba as the Phantom, and Kamenaga Toogo as Raoul
(I am sure some of these are mislabeled, as basically all photos shared from POTO Japan are unlabeled. Since roles are shared by 3-4 actors, it is really hard to identify all. Feel free to chime in!)
An Interview with Sae Suzuki, Director of Strangers [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
An Interview with Sae Suzuki, Director of Strangers [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] @saesuzuki_x @oaffpress #OAFF2022
Sae Suzuki’s career as a filmmaker began when she enrolled in the Department of Body Expression at Rikkyo University and studied directing under director/critic Kunitoshi Manda. She then went on to study film directing under Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Nobuhiro Suwa at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts and her graduation film My Identity (2019) was selected for the …
Happy Halloween, everyone! To mark the occasion, I thought I’d share something I’ve been working on. You may be aware that years ago, I made a page where I translated the Japanese lyrics for POTO. (Link is below.) I’ve been meaning to update it with some corrections and fixes, and may move it to Tumblr because of some issues I’ve had with Weebly since making the page.
But recently, I learned that in the time since the show reopened in Japan after the pandemic, those in charge have made some changes to the lyrics and other aspects of the show to bring Japan’s production more in line with those in London and the US. I got an audio bootleg from Masked Lion and spent some time over the last couple of weeks listening to it and noting the changes I could identify.
Recording from January 17, 2021; Tokyo, Japan
Cast: Yuta Iwaki, Sae Yamamoto, Susumu Kato, Aya Kawamura, Koichi Taira, Morito Masuda, Kimura Chiaki, Atsuto Yamada, Mariko Gosho
(info from Glass Prism)
My notes (far too many for your taste?)
- Auctioneer sounds more dramatic than in other performances
- Added a “Saa!” (“Now!” or “Here!”) at the end of the Prologue
- Overture is using the new track
- Reyer still insists on “Romu” (which doesn’t mean anything) over “Roma” (which is correct)
- Counterpoint in the “Hannibal” chorus when they start singing again after the ballet/instrumental seems to be missing
- Key change in ToM is now D-F like in all other productions; Japan had kept it as D-Eb (like the OLC album and early West End performances) for their whole run before Covid
- Christine seems more staccato on some notes in ToM
- Phantom still says “Bravi”/“Bravissimi” before AoM
- Phantom is more mocking on “brave young suitor” than usual — Ethan/Brad influence?
- Chorus added to title song — lyrics are “A world hidden in darkness… That is the Phantom of the Opera”
- IHBY - Watashi ga (instead of wa)? Grammatically iffy; probably a flub
- Extra timpani on “long to be” — live orchestra?
- Orchestra mostly at the usual (somewhat fast) tempo for Japanese MOTN, but slower in last instrumental break?
- Music box kept slow, unlike London/Bway/restaged
- Phantom a bit ahead of the beat in “Damn you” section of STYDI
- Magical Lasso — lines rearranged (description of Phantom first, then avoiding being caught)
- Changed line for “In which case I think our meeting is adjourned,” and possibly for Firmin’s spoken part reading Phantom’s note
- Slower tempo for first verse of “Prima Donna”
- Slower tempo for first part of “Poor Fool…” and in the ballet
- Rather Earl-like laugh after Buquet’s hanging
- Restaged orchestrations for “But his voice filled my spirit…”
- Sound effects make it seem like they did something like the restaged or new London version for the chandelier drop?
- Gets rather slow in the instrumental break for Masquerade
- Need to go over “Madame Giry’s Tale” in older boots to see if anything was changed
- Chaotic bit in Notes 2 doesn’t get as fast… I liked that it did in the older versions
- “Twisted Every Way” is slower, which I *am* glad for
- Christine says “I can’t do it,” orchestra transition is like the restaged version
- “Hide your sword now, wounded knight” bit in DJT Rehearsal may be changed?
- POTO reprise before graveyard changed to original title song lyrics
- WYWSHA second verse changed, somewhat flipped the lines
- Second “help me say goodbye” added
- “Wandering Child” now a trio; Raoul’s lines added
- Intro and many sections of “Don Juan” performance sound quite slow
- Some laughter added for Piangi and Passarino
- PONR slower, more like other productions’ tempos
- Kokoro *mo* kimeta wa? (“My heart has *also* decided”)
- Good tentative emotion from Phantom in AIAOY reprise after PONR
- Phantom yells “Naze? Naze da?” (“Why? Why?”) instead of singing “Naze kou na no da?” (“Why does it have to be this way?”)
- “Track Down This Murderer” after Raoul’s dive starts quite slow, gets faster
- Octave jump in “it’s in your soul…” brought back
- Phantom’s reply to Raoul in
- now “Nasake nado shiranai (“I don’t know compassion” instead of “I don’t have compassion”)
- “Sou, mohaya modorenai” — last “We’ve passed the point of no return” in Final Lair is changed
- “Make your choice” shouted rather than sung
- Slow drumbeat
- “Go now…” shouted rather than sung
- Mistake from the brass in MOTN section of playout
Note: this only includes the LIVE audience of the performances in ep3+4, plus the additional 3,000 bonus votes. Whoever won out of the two groups that performed the song got 3,000 bonus votes.
Second note: These are essentially useless rankings as they weren't actual fan votes submitted online/through mobile.
Third note: Tumblr hates ties in lists. Use the vote count to determine a tie. Most everything from rank 36 onward is a tie.
Ebihara Tsuzumi (3172)
Takami Ayane (3151)
Kitazume Sakura (3139)
Ishii Ran (3123)
Kasahara Momona (3093)
Nakano Konona (3084) - tie
Sasaki Tsukushi (3084) - tie
Takahashi Hina (3082)
Takabatake Momoka (3073)
Aoki Yuka (3071)
Nakayama Honoka (3068)
Mizukami Rimika (3064)
Tanaka Yuuki (3064)
Kato Kokoro (3064)
Murakami Rinon (3061)
Uchiyama Rin (3061)
Kamio Ayano (3056)
Yamamoto Suzu (3055)
Akiyama Ema (3054)
Hatta Mena (3050)
Kanno Miyu (3046)
Kitazato Rio (3044)
Sakaguchi Rino (3043)
Ando Yui (3041)
Tanabe Karin (3038)
Abe Nagomi (3037)
Otsubo Karen (3035)
Aramaki Joa (3031)
Tanaka Koto (3031)
Kamada Moe (3029)
Matsushita Miyu (3028)
Sakurai Miu (3028)
Kenmotsu Nano (3026)
Kawabata Ranka (3023)
Shimizu Keiko (3021)
Kino Riko (3012)
Hidaka Hazuki (3011)
Nakamori Kotone (3011)
Yoshida Ayano (3011)
Kikukawa Aki (3010)
Kobayashi Sae (3010)
Nakamori Mikoto (3010)
Sato Ameli (3010)
Nakamura Aoi (3008)
Okabe Nonoka (3007)
Sano Jueri (3006)
Shiromaru Maho (3004)
Bando Fuka (3003) - whatever the opposite of MVP is (lowest votes) of winning groups
Yoshida Hana (81) - MVP (highest votes) of non-winning groups
This is gonna be my side blog, my main account is @everestica and you will be able to find a lot more of my works there, for example all my project sekai works, twisted wonderland, and some others just sprinkled in!
This account is mostly gonna be for any other animes I watch since I normally only get project sekai requests on my other account and wanna start branching it!
These are the fandoms and characters I will write for:
Bungo Stray Dogs
Armed Detective Agency
Atsushi Nakajima
Osamu Dazai
Doppo Kunikida
Edogawa Ranpo
Junichiro Tanizaki
Akiko Yosano
Port Mafia
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Chuuya Nakahara
Ichiyo Higuchi
Yumeno Kyusaku/Q (Platonic)
Oda Sakunosuke
Elise (Platonic)
Ryurou Hirotsu
Tachihara Michizou
Gin Akutagawa
The Guild
Scott Fitzgerald
Lucy Montgomery
John Steinbeck
H.P Lovecraft
Edgar Allen Poe
Mark Twain
Louisa Alcott
Decay of the Angels
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nikolai Gogol
Sigma
The Hunting Dogs
Jouno Saigiku
Tecchou Suehiro
Teruko Okura
Danganronpa
Trigger Happy Havoc
Makoto Naegi
Kyoko Kirigiri
Aoi Asahina
Byakuya Togami
Celestia Ludenburg
Chihiro Fujisaki
Junko Enoshima
Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Leon Kuwata
Mondo Owada
Sayaka Maizono
Goodbye Despair
Hajime Hinata
Chiaki Nanami
Nagito Komaeda
Akane Owari
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu
Gundham Tanaka
Ibuki Mioda
Kazuichi Soda
Mahiru Koizumi
Mikan Tsumiki
Peko Pekoyama
Sonia Nevermind
Killing Harmony
Kaede Akamatsu
Angie Yonaga
Himiko Yumeno
K1-B0
Kaito Momota
Kirumi Tojo
Kokichi Oma
Maki Harukawa
Miu Iruma
Rantaro Amami
Shuichi Saihara
Tsumugi Shirogane
Black Butler
Ciel Phantomhive
Sebastian Michaelis
Grelle Sutcliff
Undertaker
Alois Trancy
Finnian
Elizabeth Midford
Ronald Knox
Book of Circus
Beast
Joker
Doll
Dagger
Blue Lock
Team Z
Hyoma Chigiri
Meguru Bachira
Rensuke Kunigami
Yoichi Isagi
Ryosuke Kira
Team Y
Niko Ikki
Team V
Nagi Seishiro
Reo Mikage
Zantetsu Tsurugi
Second Selection
Ranze Kurona
Ryusei Shidou
Rin Itoshi
Yo Hiori
Kenyu Yukimiya
Team World Five
Julian Loki
Leonardo Luna
Pablo Cavasoz
Japan U-20
Sae Itoshi
Bastard München
Micheal Kaiser
Alexis Ness
Soul Eater
Maka Albarn
Soul (Soul Eater)
Black Star
Tsubaki Nakatsukasa
Death The Kid
Liz Thompson
Patty Thompson
Haikyuu
Karasuno
Daichi Sawamura
Koshi Sugawara
Yuu Nishinoya
Ryunosuke Tanaka
Tobio Kageyama
Shoyo Hinata
Kei Tsukishia
Tadashi Yamaguchi
Nekoma
Tetsuro Kuroo
Kozume Kenma
Morisuke Yaku
Taketora Yamamoto
So Inuoka
Lev Haiba
Yuki Shibayama
Aboa Johsai
Toru Oikawa
Issei Matsukawa
Takahiro Hanamaki
Hajime Iwaizumi
Shigeru Yahaba
Yutaro Kindaichi
Akira Kunimi
Kentaro Kyotani
Fukurodani
Kotaro Bokuto
Keiji Akaashi
Akinori Kohoha
Inarizaki
Shinsuke Kita
Aran Ojiro
Atsumu Miya
Osamu Miya
Rintaro Suna
Date Tech/Dateko
Takanobu Aone
Kenji Futakuchi
Kanji Koganegawa
Shiratorizawa
Wakatoshi Ushijima
Eita Semi
Satori Tendou
Tsutomu Goshiki
Kenjiro Shirabu
Nohebi
Suguru Daishou
Koji Hiroo
Naoyasu Kuguri
Jujutsu Kaisen
Satoru Gojo
Yuji Itadori
Megumi Fushiguro
Nobara Kugisaki
Toge Inumaki
Kasumi Miwa
Blue Exorcist
Rin Okumura
Shima Renzo
Kamiki Izumo
Kirigakure Shura
Shiemi Moriyama
Twisted Wonderland
Heartslabyul
Riddle Rosehearts
Trey Clover
Cater Diamond
Ace Trappola
Deuce Spade
Savanaclaw
Leona Kingscholar
Ruggie Bucchi
Jack Howl
Octavinelle
Azul Ashengrotto
Floyd Leech
Jade Leech
Scarabia
Kalim Al-Asim
Jamil Viper
Pomefiore
Vil Schoenheit
Epel Felmier
Rook Hunt
Ignihyde
Idia Shroud
Ortho Shroud (Platonic)
Diasomnia
Malleus Draconia
Lilia Vanrouge
Silver
Sebek Zigvolt
Royal Sword
Neige Leblanche
Chenya
Thanks for reading and rules will be in my masterlist, and it will be pinned at the top of the blog!
What If Scenario. The Pandemic never happened, but the renovations at Her Majesty’s eventually did. During that time, they put together a concert-like production of Phantom like they did with Les Mis in 2019. Who would you have cast in each part? Feel free to include Ensemble & Understudies
I think I answered something very similar before where I said that I'd love to have had an international celebration, with recent, fan-favorite, or long-running members from productions all over the world given an opportunity to perform and do, like, one song each, along with the then-current cast at the time. So I guess it might be something like:
Phantom: Josh Piterman (London), Ben Crawford (Broadway), Derrick Davis (national tour), Osamu Takai (Japan), Alexander Goebel (Vienna), Colm Wilkinson (Toronto), Peter Karrie (Canadian tour), Peter Joback (Stockholm), Ian Jon Bourg (Germany), Anthony Warlow (Australia), Henk Poort (Scheveningen), Juan Navarro (Mexico City), Hans Peter Janssens (Antwerp), Tomas Ambt Kofod (Copenhagen), Hong Kwang Ho (Seoul), Juan Carlos Barona (Madrid), Sandor Sasvari (Budapest), Saulo Vasconcelos (Sao Paulo), Damian Aleksander (Poland), Carlos Vittori (Buenos Aires), Marian Vojtko (Prague), Stephen Brandt Hansen (Estonia), Ivan Ozhogin (Moscow), Ilkka Hamalainen (Helsinki), Adrian Nour (Bucharest), Nikola Bulatovic (Belgrade), Vladimir Grudkov (Sofia), Jonathan Roxmouth (World Tour), Espen Grjotheim (Oslo), Ben Forster (Greece), Killian Donnelly (UK Tour)
Christine: Kelly Mathieson (London), Meghan Picerno (Broadway), Emma Grimsley (national tour), Sae Yamamoto (Japan), Luzia Nistler (Vienna), Rebecca Caine (Toronto), Teresa DeZarn (Canadian tour), Emmi Christensson (Stockholm), Valerie Link (Germany), Ana Marina (Australia), Joke de Kruijf (Scheveningen), Irasema Terrazas (Mexico City), Inneke van Klinken (Antwerp), Sibylle Glosted (Copenhagen), Kim So Hyun (Seoul), Julia Moller (Madrid), Barbara Fonyo (Budapest), Lina Mendes (Sao Paulo), Edyta Krzemien (Poland), Claudia Cota (Buenos Aires), Monika Sommerova (Prague), Maria Listra (Estonia), Tamara Kotova (Moscow), Sofie Asplund (Helsinki), Irina Baiant (Bucharest), Mirjana Matic (Belgrade), Vesela Delcheva (Sofia), Claire Lyon (World Tour), Astrid Giske (Oslo), Amy Manford (Greece), Holly-Anne Hull (UK Tour)
Raoul: Danny Whitehead (London), John Riddle (Broadway), Michael Maliakel (national tour), Kanji Ishimaru (Japan), Thorsten Tinney (Vienna), Laird Mackintosh (Toronto), Kip Wilborne (Canadian tour), Anton Zetterholm (Stockholm), Nicky Wuchinger (Germany), Alexander Lewis (Australia), Peter de Smet (Scheveningen), someone who's not Jose Joel (Mexico City), Michael Shawn Lewis (Antwerp), Christian Lund (Copenhagen), Son Jun Ho (Seoul), Armando Pita (Madrid), Zoltan Miller (Budapest), Nando Prado (Sao Paulo), Marcin Mrozinski (Poland), Nicholas Martinelli (Buenos Aires), Tomas Vanek (Prague), Koit Toome (Estonia), Evgeny Zaycev (Moscow), John Martin Bengtsson (Helsinki), Florin Ristei (Bucharest), Slaven Doslo (Belgrade), Denko Prodanov (Sofia), Matt Leisy (World Tour), Carl Lindquist (Oslo), Nadim Naaman (Greece), Rhys Whitfield (UK Tour)
Is that way too many cast members? Probably! Are there even enough scenes for each of them to perform together? Unlikely! Did I give up doing supporting, ensemble, and understudies because it was too exhausting? Definitely! Do I even know who some of these people are or if they want to come back at all? Not really!
But you have to admit - it's a huge and very international cast!
Strangers 人知れず Director: Sae Suzuki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
Strangers 人知れず Director: Sae Suzuki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] @saesuzuki_x @oaffpress #OAFF2022
Strangers
人知れず 「Hitoshirezu」
Release Date: 2022
Duration: 38 mins.
Director: Sae Suzuki
Writer: Sae Suzuki (Screenplay),
Starring: Manami Usamaru, Akihiro Yamamoto, Sayaka Nakakochi, Natsuki Murata,
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In the last few years Japan has been experiencing its own #MeToo moments as stories of power/sexual harassment have hit scandal mags and SNS. Such stories have taken down a variety of people…
They will eliminate everyone from 51 and lower. With 96 contestants, that would be 45 eliminations. Here are my predictions for Episode 5 eliminations: