Okada Masaki Monogatari

Hamlet (Okada Masaki) vs Laertes (Aoyagi Shō), photo by Hosono Shinji  In which I quoted Simon Godwin’s reason for choosing Hamlet for his first work in Japan. In which I presented some Hamlet quotes in Japanese. And in which I posted some Tweets about Okada Masaki’s and Simon Godwin’s Hamlet (because apparently there are two other Japanese Hamlets floating around the Tweeter-sphere these days). In other words: “assorted Hamlet”, Hamlet Moriawase. よろしくね！ First thing first: The ONLY interview so far that mentioned the importance of Masaki in Simon Godwin’s decision for choosing Hamlet:

Update 24 May : have added Simon Godwin's endorsement for Okada Masaki's Hamlet and also a snippet of the Hamlet show in Bunkamura Simon Godwin (photo by Moriyama Yūko) Simon Godwin was interviewed by Otocoto last April for his stage play “Hamlet”. Thus, I’ve translated the Japanese interview below for us to understand Godwin’s vision on the 2019 Hamlet starring Okada Masaki, Kuroki Hana et al. It’s worth noting another interview of Simon’s from Japan Times (30 April 2019), this time in English, with the director mentioning how Okada Masaki was the reason that he (Godwin) chose Hamlet as his first stage play in Japan. The Japan Times article can be read here . Simon Godwin has come to Japan to direct Okada Masaki’s “Hamlet”