Mr. Hiroshi Hamatani
Mr. Hamatani, who hails from Toyama, was a stage manager at the National Theater of Japan for 32 years, from 1966 to 1998, working on productions of all types of Japanese traditional theatre and performing arts. He has also done a large amount of other kinds of theatrical work (technical, design, playwriting and directing) for numerous productions ranging from traditional theatre to avant-garde, and taking in dance and many varieties of both Western and Asian theatre. A year spent studying in the graduate programme of the Theater Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa was the beginning of a 30-year relationship as advisor to the University of Hawaii Bunraku and Kabuki productions.