A coffin maker becomes a mouse-masked trickster in kabuki chaos. Capitalism gets ROASTED.
Nezumi, Jack the Mouse is a Japanese urban legend. His passion for money drives a cynical, duplicitous coffin maker to take on Nezumi’s mantle. In this kaleidoscope of disguise and deception, society’s pretenses are destroyed in a melting pot of farce, social satire and courtroom drama. The mighty are brought low to everyone’s delight. Contemporary theatre genius Hideki Noda collaborates with Kabuki theatre at the invitation of celebrated actor Kanzaburo.
Direction
Noda's controlled madness merges avant-garde and kabuki tradition.
Costume
Mouse masks and elaborate deception through transformative wardrobe.
Acting
Kanzaburo's charismatic villainy anchors the theatrical whirlwind.
Director
Hideki Noda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nezumi Kozō is a real Edo-period folk hero, a thief who became kabuki legend. Noda weaponizes this legacy for modern inequality critique.
Kanzaburo's invitation to Noda bridged shitamachi populist kabuki and experimental theater—this collaboration nearly broke traditionalist brains.
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