After 15 years of entertaining audiences in Japan and abroad, the actors of Saitama Gold Theater will take the stage for the last time with ¡°Mizu no Eki¡± (¡°The Water Station¡±) this month.
¡°I¡¯ll miss it a lot and I¡¯m sad that the troupe is ending, though I don¡¯t see any alternative because we¡¯ve all simply become much older,¡± says Mitsuyo Obuchi, 75, in a rehearsal room at Saitama Arts Theater in Saitama.
Fellow actor Toshiko Tsumura echoes that sentiment, saying, ¡°I¡¯m 86 now, and I think I¡¯ve reached my personal time limit, but I feel sorry for younger members who joined when they were 55 and are only in their early 70s now. They could still do so much more. I wish we could continue, but Saitama Arts Theater has decided now¡¯s the time to wind down the company.¡±
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