Shinya Kote's First Starring Role! Key Visual for 'Kotempest' from the 'I'm About to Do Shakespeare Series' Released!

The key visual for 'Kotempest,' the first starring production for actor Shinya Kote, who commands an overwhelming presence in numerous hit works, has been completed! As part of the 'I'm About to Do Shakespeare Series,' launched by Daiki Murakami (head of the theater company 'Sessha Munier') for Kote's first starring role and as a 'new challenge' for both, the first installment is a bold adaptation of Shakespeare's masterpiece 'The Tempest,' written by Murakami as a new comedy. The behind-the-scenes of the key visual shoot, featuring famous actors such as Jin Katagiri, Tsubasa Sakiyama, Ryo Matsuda, AOI (WHITE SCORPION), Yuki Izawa, Toko Tsuchimoto, Mayumi Sato, Chiyoshi Tsumura (Modern Swimmers), Toru Kugazawa, and Honami Suzuki, has been released! Please look forward to the hilarious comedy 'Kotempest.' [Story] I have a strong face. Everything about me is intense. Yet, I am timid. My capacity as a human is small. Past 50, I've finally started to hate myself. I want to boost my rock-bottom self-esteem. But I have no way to improve myself now, so I decided to take revenge. On everyone who mocks me! In a gruesome, over-the-top way! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! While being hit by the rain of sorrow, this middle-aged man is now stirring up a storm of revenge! The stage play, a bold adaptation of Shakespeare's final work 'The Tempest' set in the modern day, is finally opening!