Performance visuals and details released! Matsuo Suzuki descends on Theater Cocoon for the first time in 3 years in 'Dictator by the Sea'
Matsuo Suzuki and Masako Yasumoto form dance unit 'Super Matsuyasu'. Suzuki takes on his first dance performance, 'Dictator by the Sea', reviving the closed Theater Cocoon for 2 days.
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## Matsuo Suzuki and Masako Yasumoto form the dance unit 'Super Matsuyasu'! Matsuo Suzuki takes on his first-ever dance performance!
Matsuo Suzuki, the leader of 'Otona Keikaku' who is active as a writer, director, and actor, teams up with choreographer and dancer Masako Yasumoto to take on his first-ever dance performance.
As Matsuo, who has created numerous stage works and has actively been creating musicals in recent years, takes on a dance performance fully prepared, he forms the dance unit 'Super Matsuyasu' with Masako Yasumoto. He has placed deep trust in her since the premiere of his representative musical 'Kirei - The Woman Who Met With God' (2000)!
For its vol.1 performance, Yasumoto will launch a dance piece interweaving singing and acting, using several short stories written by Matsuo as motifs, including 'Dictator by the Sea' (Umibe no Dokusaisha), which depicts the lives of a lone woman and a lonely old man who washed up in a town in South America.
## Performance details are finally released along with impactful performance visuals!
The cast includes Masako Yasumoto, who directs and choreographs this work, and four talented dancers who gathered under her: Haruka Suzuki, Shun Nakamura, Maria Abe, and Kotaro Mizushima. In addition, Hagoromo, Toneri, Tomoe Murai, and Keiya Kuramoto from the graduates (1st and 2nd term students) of 'Cocoon Actors Studio', where Matsuo serves as a permanent lecturer, and Tomu Miyazaki from 'Otona Keikaku' will join. Furthermore, Matsuo will stand on the stage of Theater Cocoon for the first time in exactly 3 years since 'Shibuya de Mata Aimashou' (2023), finally realizing his first co-starring with his own students.
And now, along with the completion of the performance visuals that condense the worldview of the original work, the performance details have been decided!
For this performance, the currently closed Bunkamura Theater Cocoon will be revived for a limited time of two days. This is probably the last chance to witness Matsuo Suzuki dancing at Theater Cocoon before its reopening. Please look forward to it!
### [Original Work/Supervision/Cast: Matsuo Suzuki Profile]
He launched 'Otona Keikaku' in 1988, serving as a writer, director, and actor as its leader, while also being active as a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, film director, and actor. He won the 41st Kishida Kunio Drama Award for 'Funky! ~The Universe Only Goes as Far as You Can See~', the 31st Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year for the film 'Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad', and the 71st Yomiuri Prize for Literature in the Drama/Scenario category for 'Inochi, Giga Nagasu'. His novels 'Welcome to the Quiet Room', 'Old Man Gambling', and 'I Can Only Say Yes Anymore' were nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. The TV drama 'Chikaemon', in which he starred, won the 71st Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival Award among others. He became the Artistic Director of Bunkamura Theater Cocoon in 2020, a professor at the Performing Arts Research Center of Kyoto University of the Arts in 2023, and Bunkamura Advisory Director in April 2026. In December 2023, he held his first solo exhibition 'Matsuo Suzuki's Art Popopoi'. Since April 2024, he has served as the President of 'Cocoon Actors Studio'.
Recent performances include 'Ensemble Days - They Have Names Too' (26...
Matsuo Suzuki, the leader of 'Otona Keikaku' who is active as a writer, director, and actor, teams up with choreographer and dancer Masako Yasumoto to take on his first-ever dance performance.
As Matsuo, who has created numerous stage works and has actively been creating musicals in recent years, takes on a dance performance fully prepared, he forms the dance unit 'Super Matsuyasu' with Masako Yasumoto. He has placed deep trust in her since the premiere of his representative musical 'Kirei - The Woman Who Met With God' (2000)!
For its vol.1 performance, Yasumoto will launch a dance piece interweaving singing and acting, using several short stories written by Matsuo as motifs, including 'Dictator by the Sea' (Umibe no Dokusaisha), which depicts the lives of a lone woman and a lonely old man who washed up in a town in South America.
## Performance details are finally released along with impactful performance visuals!
The cast includes Masako Yasumoto, who directs and choreographs this work, and four talented dancers who gathered under her: Haruka Suzuki, Shun Nakamura, Maria Abe, and Kotaro Mizushima. In addition, Hagoromo, Toneri, Tomoe Murai, and Keiya Kuramoto from the graduates (1st and 2nd term students) of 'Cocoon Actors Studio', where Matsuo serves as a permanent lecturer, and Tomu Miyazaki from 'Otona Keikaku' will join. Furthermore, Matsuo will stand on the stage of Theater Cocoon for the first time in exactly 3 years since 'Shibuya de Mata Aimashou' (2023), finally realizing his first co-starring with his own students.
And now, along with the completion of the performance visuals that condense the worldview of the original work, the performance details have been decided!
For this performance, the currently closed Bunkamura Theater Cocoon will be revived for a limited time of two days. This is probably the last chance to witness Matsuo Suzuki dancing at Theater Cocoon before its reopening. Please look forward to it!
### [Original Work/Supervision/Cast: Matsuo Suzuki Profile]
He launched 'Otona Keikaku' in 1988, serving as a writer, director, and actor as its leader, while also being active as a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, film director, and actor. He won the 41st Kishida Kunio Drama Award for 'Funky! ~The Universe Only Goes as Far as You Can See~', the 31st Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year for the film 'Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad', and the 71st Yomiuri Prize for Literature in the Drama/Scenario category for 'Inochi, Giga Nagasu'. His novels 'Welcome to the Quiet Room', 'Old Man Gambling', and 'I Can Only Say Yes Anymore' were nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. The TV drama 'Chikaemon', in which he starred, won the 71st Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival Award among others. He became the Artistic Director of Bunkamura Theater Cocoon in 2020, a professor at the Performing Arts Research Center of Kyoto University of the Arts in 2023, and Bunkamura Advisory Director in April 2026. In December 2023, he held his first solo exhibition 'Matsuo Suzuki's Art Popopoi'. Since April 2024, he has served as the President of 'Cocoon Actors Studio'.
Recent performances include 'Ensemble Days - They Have Names Too' (26...