Koshiro Matsumoto

July Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Evening Show (July 2025)

I came for 'Chō no Michiyuki', danced by Somegoro Ichikawa and Danko Ichikawa — delicate and lovely at first, then swept into the torments of hell. With 'Onihei Hankachō: Kettō' starring Koshiro Matsumoto, and a long-awaited medetai-yaki.

2025.07.14

Kabuki

July Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Evening Show (July 2024)

Three evenings at Ura Omote Taikoki with the Shochiku Kabuki-kai flat-rate theatregoing service. Koshiro's aerial stunt, three generations of the Koraiya on one stage, and a Sanbaso finale so good I could have gone just for that.

2024.07.18

Kabuki

Samurai Detective Onihei: Buying the Merch Without Watching the Film (May 2024)

A story about buying the merch without watching the film: two clear stickers, one to keep and one to use, plus tie-in Kataage Potato crisps I could not eat because Koshiro was on the packet. A mini record of Onihei quietly taking over my life.

2024.05.17

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