It has been announced that the London performance of "Equivalent Love Triangle," a much-talked-about work by playwright Noda Hideki's "NODA MAP" and the first time actors Jun Matsumoto, Masami Nagasawa, and Eita Nagayama co-starred on stage, will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW on August Getsuku.
"Equivalent Triangle" is based on Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" and was written and directed by Noda. It was performed in three locations in Japan, Tokyo, Kitakyushu, and Osaka, as well as in London, from July to November 2024.
The story is set in Nagasaki at the end of World War II. The eldest of the three brothers, Tomitaro (Matsumoto), is a fireworks maker, the second son Takeru (Nagayama) is a physicist, and the third son Ariyoshi (Nagasawa) is a servant of God. The three brothers, each having achieved their dreams, are gathered in a "courtroom" where the eldest brother, Tomitaro, is on trial for the murder of his father. Was the crime a result of the entanglement of love triangle in which he loved the same woman as his father, Grushenika (played by Nagasawa in a dual role)?
The play also stars Noda, Nozomi Muraoka, Nobue Ikeya, Kazushige Komatsu, and Naoto Takenaka. Nagasawa won the 50th Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award for her performance in the play.
The London performance of "Equivalent Triangle" will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW Live and WOWOW On Demand from 6pm on Getsuku. In addition to the performance, the program will also broadcast and stream a roundtable discussion between Matsumoto, Nagasawa, Nagayama, and Noda.
