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Mannojo sets a high value on fun for the moderns and has produced various unconventional performances. He is a member of Nippon-Enshutsusha-kyokai (a society of producer). DAIDENGAKU - Performed in Asia-Pacific Festival and Ise-Jingu shrine's "Shikinen Sengusai (a festival that is held when a new sanctuary is built)". DAIDENGAKU〜HIE AKASAKA - Performed in Akasaka, Tokyo. Mannojo received a prize from Japanese government (Agency for Cultural Affairs) for this performance. TOJINZUMO - Mannojo formed a historical investigation team on of TOJINZUMO and performed new version of it, which had a good reputation. SHIN-GIGAKU - A Reproduction of Japanese an ancient masque (under production). It is planned to be completed by 2000. Other Productions - GENDAI NIWAKA TOKYO NINGEN PANORAMA, GENDAI NIWAKA vol.2 (NIWAKA is a kind of improvisatorial drama), OMOIDE NO SOKUTENBUKO (Sokutenbuko is the name of a Chinese empress), etc.
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Mannojo has written many kinds of drama from classic to modern.
Some of his drama were mixed with Rakugo (Japanese comic stories). He is a member of Nippon-Gekisakka-kyokai (a society of Playwrite). HANAFURYU - Mannojo's original No (a Japanese classical performance). JYUNISHIKASSEN - Mannojo's original Kyogen (a Japanese classical performance). Other - Dramas mixed with Rakugo or modern play. |
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Mannojo researches on various subjects with many specialists and gives guidance to variety of plays (for example, Ninagawa Yukio's "Tempest") and TV dramas (for example, NHK dramas, like "Taihei-ki", "Homura-tatsu", "Hideyoshi") about classical performance.
He is a member of Gakugeki-Gakkai (an academic society on Gakugeki) and Nippon-Kao-Gakkai (an academic society on human faces). Mannojo also reproduced Japanese classical performances, such as "Okuni-Kabuki", "Sumaino-Sechie (Sangaku-Part) ".
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Mannojo promotes GAKUGEKI, educates young people in more than 30 countries, and activates communities. To promote GAKUGEKI, Mannojo holds "Yamashiro Geino-Sai (An entertainment festival) " and founded A.C.T. Japan. He is also a teacher in ARTA (the training center for actors in a French dramatic company "Theatre Du Soleil").
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Though Mannojo is a son of Kyogen (Japanese classical performance) actor, Nomura Manzo the 6th, he also plays in other types of dramas to be a global artist. EXAMPLE Modern Plays: "Kantan", "Phedre", "Sado Koshaku Fujin"
Kyogen: Mannojo became a student of his grand father, Nomura Manzo the 6th in his childhood.
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