Japanese audiences will soon join those in Holland as the only people in the world with access to a theater whose seating area rotates to face a ring of multiple stages.
So when Kazuki Nakashima¡¯s acclaimed samurai drama ¡°Dokurojo no Shichinin¡± (¡°Seven Souls in the Skull Castle¡°) opens on March 30 at the brand-new, 1,300-capacity IHI Stage Around Tokyo theater in Koto Ward¡¯s Toyosu district, its director, Hidenori Inoue, told The Japan Times with obvious delight, ¡°I¡¯m sure people will feel the sort of excitement they do at an amusement park.¡±
Keiji Matsumura, the theater¡¯s manager who also works in the cultural enterprise department of its main backer, TBS Television (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.), adds with a smile, ¡°Surprisingly, when I went to the 360-degree Theater Hangaar in Holland, I felt a slightly floating feeling in my seat. It was a special experience I¡¯ve never had anywhere else.¡±
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