Fiddler on the Roof (Tradition:Japanese)

1982　Tokyo

Category:

Music

Tags:

• musical
• broadway

[SatchmoSings]

That the Japanese would mount such a wonderful production and that it would be commercially successful brings me tears of joy.

The Japanese are truly "Citizens Of The World!!"

[emmasmith173]

Omg Fiddler on the roof in Japanese that is so cool and I wonder if there's a CD of it or where can I find Japanese lyrics of the songs?

[shamalama68]

@shamalama68 This Fiddler on the Roof is terrible, because it is STIFF and REGIMENTED and very, very Japanese- not at all the correct spirit of the production, none of the character of Jewish people living in a Shtetl in Europe in 1905. It's like white people from Arkansas trying to perform KABUKI. Ridiculous! STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW!

[shamalama68]

@shamalama68 I had a Japanese boss once who asked me to correct his (poorly written) English documents. I cleaned them up to sound like "normal" English and he accepted none of the changes- insisted on changing everything back to the incorrect, incomprehensible English crap that he had written. Why? Arrogance. You cannot correct them, ever. Their way is always correct. Very frustrating.

[shamalama68]

@shamalama68 @shamalama68 Furthermore, this is a people that have "Japanese Only" clubs, bars, and restaurants, and "Japanese Only" baths and onsens… Can you imagine "White Only" or "American Only" business? It's insanity, in the year 2012! And as far as imitating the West, they aren't "appreciating culture from all over the world". They are trying to make it Japanese- that's what they do, they copy and change it to suit themselves… like they do with the English language, they manipulate it.

[shamalama68]

@Saitoko7 No, I only have a gripe with the Japanese. Because they have no qualms about copying and imitating everyone else, but as soon as a *white* person attempts to learn their language, they don't like it. They freak out- their attitude is, Japanese language is for Japanese people only, it's ridiculous. If you wear yukata, eat with chopsticks and behave like they do, at first they think it's "cute", and then they start to get annoyed because at heart they are the most racist people on earth.

[Saitoko7]

@shamalama68 generalizing much? I don't suppose it could possibly be that the Japanese appreciate culture from all over the world, including translating and bringing beautiful, world famous shows to their country so that their people might be able to appreciate it as well.  Or do you have the same gripe about all other countries that do the same? Educate yourself before spouting off a lot of ignorant garbage.

[shamalama68]

The Japanese are just plain WEIRD! They can never leave others' culture alone, they need to try to copy it. If they saw westerners doing Kabuki they wouldn't be giving it praise, they'd be in hysterics!

[v1de0gamr]

Nice choreography

[mgmfjt]

OH! Hisaya Morisige! Kiitonn Masuda! Was it wonderful ensemble?

[mallen92506]

i wish my production of fiddler could have been as well constructed as this

[EuphrasieF]

Anyone have any videos of the version with Masachika Ichimura as Tevye?