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Kōhei Tsuka (つか こうへい, Tsuka Kōhei, 24 April 1948 – 10 July 2010) was a Korean-Japanese playwright, theater director, and screenwriter.[1][2] He was one of Japan's most influential theater figures, to the extent that recent Japanese theatrical history has been divided into pre-Tsuka and post-Tsuka periods.[2][3][1]
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Born | Kim Pongung (김봉웅) April 24, 1948 Kama, Fukuoka, Japan |
Died | July 10, 2010 62) Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | (aged
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Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Keio University |
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He died of lung cancer in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture at age 62.[2]
Tsuka was a second-generation Korean-Japanese whose experience as a member of a minority informed his work.[4] His pen name is derived from "itsuka kohei", meaning "equal someday."[4] Tsuka started his theater career with "A Red Beret for You" as a student at Keio University.[3]
In 1974, Tsuka started his own group, Tsuka Kōhei Jimusho, a part of the second generation of modern Japanese theater.[5] He focused less on text, often improvising based on the written play, and used the everyday language of the youth. The sets of his plays were minimal, with the stage almost empty.[5] His system, called jikogekika, compels actors to put themselves and their ideas on stage, with little concern for society as a whole.[5]
Tsuka took a break from the stage from November 1982 to February 1989.[5]
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