The Freedom Tower

A new play marking the 25th anniversary of Rinkogun, a Japanese acting company, will center around the days of a darker remembrance – 9/11.
“World Trade Center as in Katakana” is a new play directed by Yoji Sakate, founder of the company.  Like filmmaker Oliver Stone and others, Sakata believes it is time we take a renewed look at those dark days  “although we will probably never come to terms with the tragedy,” says Yukko Kishinama, a writer for the Daily Yomiuri.
As for why he chose the subject for the company’s 25 anniversary, Sakate said: “On creating a new work, the first thing that came to my mind was a friend of mine in Manhattan to whom I spoke on the phone on that very day, and also the fact that people must live as themselves all the time, no matter where they are.
“[With this work] I wanted to reaffirm that we are the ones in charge of our times. I also wanted to combat the idea of giving up because what’s happened has happened and it can’t be changed; and the way that leads to conservative thinking.”