Shonen Shachu Tempest 25th Anniversary Blu-ray

A new work crowns Shonen Shachu's twenty-fifth anniversary. A bold adaptation of The Tempest celebrates humanity through the dreamlike realm Shakespeare reached at the end of his career. Experience theater as though being immersed in it, in a production expressing the company's essential character.

A popular theater company plans to perform William Shakespeare's The Tempest, but its director suddenly dies before rehearsals begin. A gifted actor appears before the troubled company. His presence creates resistance, admiration and confusion, yet they somehow reach opening night. Just before the curtain rises, a man once expelled from the company enters the theater, his eyes burning with revenge. His declaration opens a stormy first performance. The Tempest becomes a turbulent story of betrayal, desire and a sorrowful past. Where does vengeance ultimately lead? Let us begin: revenge against the theater that stole my life.

The cast features Taira Imata, Eri Otake, Kotaro Tanabe, Taro Hasegawa, Mio Sugiyama, Ariso Yamakawa, Chie Uchiyama, Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Hiroki Suzuki, Reo Honda, Keigo Hagiya of 7ORDER, Takeshi Nadagi, Masashi Yamazaki of Gekidan Hotchkiss, Shogo Suzuki and Hiroshi Yazaki. Adaptation and direction are by Nobuhiro Mori.

The single region-free Blu-ray contains the 141-minute stage performance in Japanese Linear PCM stereo, without subtitles, in 16:9 high-definition 1080i.