Oyakoshinju

Deathbond

by Sachi Oyama
Shuko Akune

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A young divorcee named Keiko moves from Hiroshima to America to start a new life with her ambitious husband. But when he takes a mistress and leaves her, Keiko takes drastic and irreversible actions to preserve her dignity and that of her children. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording featuring: Shuko Akune, Jusak Bernhard, Takayo Fischer, Robert Ito, Peter Jacobs, Robin Goodrin Nordli, Yuki Okumoto, Randy Tanizawa and Shari Tanizawa. Directed by Peggy Shannon and recorded before a live audience.

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L.A. Theatre Works

Edition: Unabridged
Release date

August 31, 2015
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  - ISBN: 9781580819589
  - File size: 40469 KB
  - Duration: 01:24:18
Languages
- English
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- AudioFile Magazine
  
  TV veterans Shuko Akune ("Scandal") and Robert Ito ("Quincy, M.E.") lead a superb group of Asian-American actors in this sharp, poetic, devastating examination of the culture clash that a young, divorced Japanese woman experiences when she remarries and moves from Hiroshima to California. Akune is especially good at discovering the vocal freshness and wry humor in young Keiko's monologues as she learns English by watching television and wraps herself in the laughter and love of her two small children. When her husband leaves her for another woman, Keiko leans on unbending traditions to deal with her shame. This production, which captures the play's 1991 world premiere, deserves to be heard again. B.P. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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