TAKARAZUKA REVUE official promotional video ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL

Over a history spanning more than a century, the Takarazuka Revue has distinguished itself as one of the world s few allfemale theater companies. The curtain rose back in 1914, during Japan s Taisho Era. The theater s founder was Ichizo Kobayashi, the man who contributed to the growth of the Hankyu Railway, opened the Hankyu Department Store as Japan s first department store built inside a train terminal, and worked hard to help found the Toho Group. The creator of an allfemale theater company, whose cast members play men and women of all ages, also espoused a motto for the Takarazuka Revue: modesty, fairness, and This refers to the basics of performing artsthe singing, dancing, and acting that create brilliant fantasies on the stageas well as a desire for each Takarasienne to have etiquette and a good sense of proper manners, and to not forget their dignity as individual women and members of society.