Hirohito Goto
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is a Japan
ese director, playwright
, and actor
. Born in Yamagata prefecture
, he graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata East High School and dropped out of Hindi studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies
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In 1987 he joined the theater group Yūkisha. By 1989 he served as the second head of the group and handled nearly all productions. After retiring from Yūkisha in 1996, he worked as a free playwright, and in 1998 created Piper with Kawashita Taiyō of former Gekidan Sotoba Komachi fame. In 2001 he began the Royal Theater.
His plays have a reputation for having a unique view of the world as well as for stories of a massive scale. Primary works include , , and the Big / Bigger / Biggest Biz trilogy.
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ese director, playwright
Playwright
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, and actor
Actor
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. Born in Yamagata prefecture
Yamagata Prefecture
-Fruit:Yamagata Prefecture is the largest producer of cherries and pears in Japan. A large quantity of other kinds of fruits such as grapes, apples, peaches, melons, persimmons and watermelons are also produced.- Demographics :...
, he graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata East High School and dropped out of Hindi studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
, abbreviated to OUFS or , , or is a public coeducational research university in Minoh, Osaka, Japan. It is dedicated to area studies and the study of foreign languages and their related cultures.-History:...
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In 1987 he joined the theater group Yūkisha. By 1989 he served as the second head of the group and handled nearly all productions. After retiring from Yūkisha in 1996, he worked as a free playwright, and in 1998 created Piper with Kawashita Taiyō of former Gekidan Sotoba Komachi fame. In 2001 he began the Royal Theater.
His plays have a reputation for having a unique view of the world as well as for stories of a massive scale. Primary works include , , and the Big / Bigger / Biggest Biz trilogy.
Stage
- Tomarenai 12nin (1998, 2003)
- Ningen Fūsha (2000)
- Big Biz: Miyahara Kimura Kiki Ippatsu! (2001, 2002)
- Kasō Tekikoku (2005)
- Moldman the Bellringer in Dublin (2002, 2005)
- Shuffle (2005)
- Bigger Biz: Zettai Zetsumei! Yūki Shisu? (2003, 2005)
- Midsummer Carol: Gama Ōji vs Zarigani Majin (2004)
- Hime ga Aishita Dani Kozō (2005)
- Biggest Biz: Saigo no Kessen! Hadosongawa o koero (2006)
- Our House (2006)
- Minna Mukashi wa rī datta: Exit from the Dragon (2006)