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    The Mighty Samurai and the Evil Bird Demon Etsushi: A Kwirky-buki Play
    The Mighty Samurai and the Evil Bird Demon Etsushi: A Kwirky-buki Play
    The Mighty Samurai and the Evil Bird Demon Etsushi: A Kwirky-buki Play
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    The Mighty Samurai and the Evil Bird Demon Etsushi: A Kwirky-buki Play

    By Justin Blasdel

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    Reminiscent of the Kabuki plays of Old Japan, an old man has come to tell us of the story of the Might Samurai Tatsuya, his loyal sidekick Tadao, and the evil bird demon Etsushi they managed to vanquish in the name of all that is good. However, it is not like the old tales at all. The old man is cantankerous, Tatsuya is foolish and manic depressive, the monk is a drunken womanizer, the bird demon can't stop rhyming for the life of him, and all the other characters are either insane, moody, or just plain silly. Tatsuya's mission is to regain his honor for losing a battle against the demon, and in his quest he comes along an ex-monk who left the temple because he couldn't get over his need for sex. Together they come across an old Lord and his daughters who are terrorized by evil creatures in the hills. Tatsuya, having fallen in love with the daughter, swears that he will slaughter the evil spirits. Little does he know, the leader of the evil spirits is the very same Etsushi who vanquished him long ago. Will he regain his honor and once again be a samurai, or will he fail and surrender his life?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJustin Blasdel
    Release dateJul 7, 2014
    ISBN9781311937254
    The Mighty Samurai and the Evil Bird Demon Etsushi: A Kwirky-buki Play
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      The Mighty Samurai and the Evil Bird Demon Etsushi - Justin Blasdel

      The Mighty Samurai

      and the Evil Bird Demon Etsushi

      By
      Justin Blasdel

      Justin Blasdel

      1/17/11

      Version 4

      justin_blasdel@yahoo.com

      Smashwords Edition Copyright by Justin Blasdel, 2010

      Characters

      Narrator: The Wise Old Man

      Tatsuya Nakadai: The Mighty Samurai

      Tadao Nakamaru: The Courageous Monk

      Etsushi: The Evil Bird Demon

      Akira Hoshi: The Needy Lord

      Nami Hoshi: The Beautiful Daughter

      Yuriko Hoshi: The Ugly Daughter

      Shigeru Kôyama: The Beastly Ogre

      Shin Kishida: The Sly Ninja

      Maki Asakawa: The Deceitful Ghost

      Voice 1: Stagehand

      Voice 2: Buddhist Monk

      Time

      The Time of the Legendary Samurai

      Place

      Mystical Japan

      Production Notes:

      Although there are ten on-stage characters, this play was designed so that only four actors are needed. In fact, much of the humor is dependent upon this. My suggestion is that one actor plays the NARRATOR, another play TADAO and SHIN, another play TATSUYA, SHIGERU, and YURIKO, and the fourth play ETSUSHI, HOSHI, NAMI and MAKI. The third actor should be male, the fourth female, and the first and second can be played by either. This is again for humorous effect (e.g., the strong figure of TATSUYA being just as big and strong for the role of YURIKO). In order to separate the characters, the NARRATOR, ETSUSHI, HOSHI, YURIKO, SHIGERU, SHIN, and MAKI should be performed wearing masks of a style similar to traditional Noh Theatre.

      Japanese pronunciation of names is difficult, because there is no stress on any syllable. A good way to correctly pronounce each name is to put a stress on the first syllable and the last. Growl these stresses if the actors find this difficult to do. This way, tat-SUY-a becomes TAT-suy-A (Overall, making it sound monotone; tat-suy-a). I suggest only doing this with names, for a play in English with every word like this would be unbearable.

      NARRATOR is also the percussionist for this play and will sing and play instruments in a manner similar to traditional Kabuki or Noh theatre music. When the NARRATOR must yell/sing (I suggest listening to the music to know exactly what this guttural shout sounds like), the symbol *@ will be shown.

      In the first scene, the NARRATOR will be dancing in the style of Kabuki and Noh Theatre. I suggest the song Ataka Noi Matsu [The Pine Tree at Ataka] by Ensemble Nipponia to be played during the performance.

      ACT I

      At Beginning:

      SFX: Kabuki Theatre Music (song suggested in Production Notes)

      The lights rise, the music plays, and the NARRATOR slowly enters.

      NARRATOR is a wise, cantankerous old man who needs to share his stories with those who will listen. HIS stories take on a life of their own, as if HE had actually lived in every one of them...and perhaps HE has.

      To stage left, there should be an area designated for percussion instruments. There will be a gong, two blocks of wood, chimes, drums, maracas, ukulele, a sheet of metal (wind SFX), a kazoo, and a wood flute (or recorder) neatly centered around a single cushioned seat on the floor.

      The NARRATOR slowly moves one step in front of the other in a straight path. HE leans on a walking stick as HE moves, revealing a practiced pain in aged mobility. HIS movements are graceful, fluid, and incredibly expressive, just as a character in a Noh play. Once reaching upstage-center, HE turns 90 degrees towards Downstage and continues. Halfway there, HE stops. HE lifts up HIS staff, bends HIS knees, and slowly swings it from right to left, pointing it at the audience. Once HE is pointing Stage Left, HE points it at the sky. HE

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