Overview
Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4) examines the dynamic relationship between theatre and the society through depicting Hirata's activities. In order for his art and his not-so-commercial company to survive this highly capitalistic modern society, what kind of strategy does Hirata have and practice?
Director and cast
More films
War Dance (2007)
Documentary · Music · War · PG-13
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Andrea Nix, Sean Fine
- Cast
- Jane Adong, Kitara Coldwell, Joshua Kyallo
Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (1999)
Documentary · N/A
With its four operas, seventeen-hour running time and months of rehearsal, Wagner's "Ring Cycle" is a daunting undertaking for any opera company. Jon Else goes backstage to show this rare event entirely from the point of view of union stagehands at the San Francisco Opera.
- Runtime
- 56m
- Cast
- Kenneth 'Spike' Kirkland
Crimes Against Nature (1979)
Documentary · N/A
Described in the 70’s as "A Chorus Line for gay people," Crimes Against Nature remains vital today as a communal disclosure of roles that gay people adopt in order to survive in a world that devalues homosexual feelings. It features individual actors delivering revealing monologues, during which the other members of the collective play...
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Ed Dundas
In the Company of Actors (2007)
Documentary · Unrated
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space -- the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulnerabilities exposed and, at its very best, magic created. It's not a place into which the public is often, if ever, invited. Until now; In The Company of Actors features an ensemble of Aust...
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Director
- Ian Darling
- Cast
- Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Andrew Upton
To Be or Not to Be: Klingons and Shakespeare (2009)
Documentary · Drama · Science Fiction · N/A
The story behind the translation and performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in Klingon.
- Runtime
- 23m
- Cast
- Garry Geiken, Matthew Glover, Christopher O. Kidder
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members