Shoji Kokami (é´»ä¸Šå°šå ², KÅ kami ShÅ ji, born 2 August 1958) is a
Japanese playwright, director, actor, and filmmaker.Born in Niihama,
Ehime, KÅ kami was attending Waseda University when he founded the
theatrical company Daisanbutai (Third Stage). Becoming "one of the
prime movers in the 1980s small-scale youth theater movement in
Japan", he won the Kunio Kishida Award in 1995 for his play Sunafukin
no tegami. Earning a fellowship from the Agency for Cultural Affairs
in 1997, he spent a year in London, and has since presented such plays
as Trance on the London stage. The play Halcyon Days, which he wrote
about suicide websites in Japan, has also been presented in Great
Britain. In 2010 he won the 61st Yomiuri Prize for Drama.KÅ kami has
also directed and acted in several films including Renai Gikyoku:
Watashi to koi ni ochitekudasai.Cool Japan is a program regularly
airing on NHK World-Japan., which attempts to explores the charm and
secrets of cool Japanese culture by making full use of the
sensibilities of foreigners who live and work in Japan.
Japanese playwright, director, actor, and filmmaker.Born in Niihama,
Ehime, KÅ kami was attending Waseda University when he founded the
theatrical company Daisanbutai (Third Stage). Becoming "one of the
prime movers in the 1980s small-scale youth theater movement in
Japan", he won the Kunio Kishida Award in 1995 for his play Sunafukin
no tegami. Earning a fellowship from the Agency for Cultural Affairs
in 1997, he spent a year in London, and has since presented such plays
as Trance on the London stage. The play Halcyon Days, which he wrote
about suicide websites in Japan, has also been presented in Great
Britain. In 2010 he won the 61st Yomiuri Prize for Drama.KÅ kami has
also directed and acted in several films including Renai Gikyoku:
Watashi to koi ni ochitekudasai.Cool Japan is a program regularly
airing on NHK World-Japan., which attempts to explores the charm and
secrets of cool Japanese culture by making full use of the
sensibilities of foreigners who live and work in Japan.
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