Takahiro Fujita

Takahiro Fujita

Born in April 1985 in the city of Date in Hokkaido. Fujita is playwright and director. He majored in Theater in the Comprehensive Culture Course of the Literature Department of Obirin University. In 2007, he formed the theater company Mum & Gypsy. New casts and staff are gathered for each production and its performances. The works are characterized by multiple “refrains” of the symbolic scenes. In 2011, at the age of 26, his trilogy Kaeri no Aizu,Matteta Shokutaku , soko kitto Shio Furu Sekai won the 56th Kishida Drama Award. Since then, he has actively created works in collaboration with artists from a variety of genres, while also working with participants of all ages regardless of their theater experience. Fujita created a theater production of the Machiko Kyo manga cocoon (2013, 2015) inspired by the young girls who were inducted into the final war effort in Okinawa at the end of WWII. In 2016, that work won Fujita the Best Director Award of the 23rd Yomiuri Theater Grand Prix. Besides his theater works, Fujita is also known for his essays and novels and collaborative manga works, and more.

Mum & Gypsy website:
http://mum-gypsy.com/