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Noda Hideki's Theater World. Acting with Joy in His Soul

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Nobuko Tanaka
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Even in today's theater world in Japan, which tends to venerate age, at just 52 Noda Hideki is already a towering, legendary figure.

Wherever you go and talk to dramatists or stage performers, you will find his name and achievements almost invariably come up. This is especially the case among young dramatists in Japan, who, even though their theater styles might differ from his, almost all acknowledge a huge artistic debt to Noda in their own theatrical creations.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , e10
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