Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan's modern underground theater, dies at 84 - New Delhi Times - India's Only International Newspaper

Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died. He was 84. The playwright, director and troupe leader died late Saturday from a blood clot in the brain after he collapsed at home and was rushed to a Tokyo hospital on…

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