What is needed is not a radical originality but a subtle change.

Shinichi Kamoshita

 

The producer famous for a TV drama, "Unequal Apples" says "adaptation of a famous poem" is the origin of art creation, taking Rakugo, Kabuki, and movies as an analogy. There is a fixed style at first and it is changed further, so the audience can grasp exactly how it has changed. Life will also be maintained by continuation of taking care of the traditional style and adjusting it little by little every day. From "Survey information" in  "TV diary" of the July / August issue of last year by TBS.

 

August 17,  2017

from “Oriori no Kotoba” by Kiyokazu Washida, The Asahi Shimbun