A documentary program focusing on kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro and his family, "We're at Narita-ya," will be broadcast on Nippon Television from 3:00 p.m. on January 17th.
Last spring, Shinnosuke, the eldest son who entered junior high school, went to Kenya, Africa with Danjuro. The program follows his private trip and gets excited about the wild animals he encounters one after another, including lions and giraffes.
Before leaving, what Shinnosuke was most looking forward to was interacting with the Maasai people who live there. He was a little nervous when he met them, but their smiles and welcoming songs quickly made him feel at ease, and he showed the biggest smile of his trip.
The eldest daughter, Reika Horikoshi, took on the challenge of walking the runway for the first time. Though she still has a childish expression of surprise at the makeup applied to her face for the show, she posed confidently on the runway. The camera follows her as she takes on new fields one after another, in addition to traditional fields such as Kabuki and Japanese dance.
It has been 17 years since Ichikawa Ebizo and Kobayashi Mao first met, and the film has been closely followed. The children have grown significantly, showing new faces, and Danjuro watches over them as their father. This documentary is packed with rare footage that follows the family over the course of a year.
