Takahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
Born in Tokyo in 1976, Tamura is a playwright and director. After graduating from Butai Geijutsu Gakuin (Performing Arts College) in 1998, he formed the theater unit ONEOR8 (One or 8) with nine former classmates. Since then he has served as the unit’s playwright and director. His plays are known for their serious approach to human relationships within families and others close to one. Tamura also writes numerous plays for other companies and serves as director for large-scale theater productions as well. For this play he was nominated as a finalist for the Kishida Drama Award for the third time, following Zetsumetsu no Tori (Extinct birds) written for his company (2010) and Renketsu no Ko (Connected Child) written for the Bungaku-za company (2011). He is also active writing for television dramas and movies.
