

Kabuki, the traditional Japanese art of singing and dancing, is about to bring Iwami Jutaro back to life, in its Kabuki-za temple in Tokyo. The story may seem legendary, but the character did live in the 16 th century. On his way, his adventures grow bigger, and he defeats a giant snake and kills a baboon. It's a story of revenge: That of a warrior, Iwami Jutaro, who runs around Japan in search of his father's killer. NICOLAS DATICHE/KOGA PHOTOS FOR LE MONDE'S MAGAZINE, M

Subscribers only Maholo Terajima, during a class in a dance school in Tokyo, April 17, 2023. The 10-year-old actor is a dual national and he isn't the heir of a line of male actors, as tradition would have it in the 400-year-old theatrical art of kabuki.īy Philippe Mesmer (Tokyo (Japan) correspondent) Published on May 2, 2023, at 12:59 pm (Paris), updated on May 2, 2023, at 7:25 pm

For Japan, French-Japanese Maholo becoming a kabuki actor is a little revolution
