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August 1953: revival of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's masterpiece "Sonezaki Shinjû" at the Shimbashi Embujô, based on a new script written by Uno Nobuo and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Hiranoya Tokubei Nakamura Ganjirô II
Temmaya Ohatsu Nakamura Senjaku II
Aburaya Kuheiji Arashi Kichisaburô VII
Hiranoya Kyûemon Bandô Minosuke VI
Temmaya Sôbei Asao Okuyama IV

June 1971: revival at the Shimbashi Embujô of the drama "Banshû Sarayashiki"; the roles of Asayama Tetsuzan and the koshimoto Okiku are played by Kataoka Takao and Bandô Tamasaburô.

June 1989: the drama "Kaidan Botan Dôrô" using Ônishi Nobuyuki's script is staged for the first time with a full Kabuki casting, at the Shimbashi Embujô:

Roles Actors
Tomozô, Hagiwara Shinzaburô Kataoka Takao
Otsuyu, Otsuyu's ghost, Tomozô's wife Omine Bandô Tamasaburô
San'yûtei Enchô Nakamura Kankurô
Oyone's ghost Nakamura Mannojô
Genjirô's lover Okuni Nakamura Kotarô V
Miyanobe Genjirô Bandô Yasosuke V
The Shimbashi Embujô
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