Movies by Shuichiro Koike

Pale Kiss - Count Dracula's Love-

Pale Kiss - Count Dracula's Love-

"I shall give eternal life only to beautiful things...." While visiting London in 1887, Count Dracula of Romania exchanges promises with the daughter of a multi-millionaire. The romance of vampire legends has traveled about for hundreds of years, and in 1987 Star Troupe performed this production with Shion Yuu in the pivotal role. This very popular show was a unique theme for Takarazuka-- the first act is on classical and aesthetic beauty, and the second act is a more modern pop style of Count Dracula's love.

Elisabeth

Elisabeth

All female theater Takarazuka’s production of the musical which portrays the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and how she danced with Death , from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni. The empress whose tumultuous life is veiled in mystery is retold through the narrative of Death and his pursuit of love for her.

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe)

France at the end of the 18th century—after several years from the French Revolution, in which the downtrodden common men and women rose up for freedom and sent many a noble to the guillotines of the Revolutionary Government. English aristocrat Sir Percival Blakeney [Percy] (Yuzuru Kurenai), opposed to the reign of terror, was hiding his true identity to assist falsely arrested nobles flee France, calling himself the “Scarlet Pimpernel,” after a star-shaped red flower in England. Chauvelin (Makoto Rei), the chief agent of the Committee of Pu...

1789: The Lovers of Bastille

1789: The Lovers of Bastille

Takarazuka Star Troupe 2023 production. The story is set in France in the latter half of the 1780s. Cracks are starting to appear in the rule of the once-flourishing Bourbon Dynasty. Uprisings by citizens burdened by excessive taxes are a common occurrence throughout the country. Ronan's father was shot to death by officers and his farmland taken away. He makes a desperate vow to take revenge for his father and to have his property returned. Leaving his hometown and heading for Paris, he encounters the young revolutionaries Desmoulins and R...

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Moon Troupe's stage play.

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Takarazuka 2022 Moon Troupe performance based On: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

1789: The Lovers of the Bastille

1789: The Lovers of the Bastille

Paris, 1789. A young revolutionary peasant and a maid of Queen Marie-Antoinette fall in love at the brink of the French Revolution.

Romeo & Juliette

Romeo & Juliette

The 2021 Takarazuka production of Gérard Presgurvic's "Romeo & Juliette".

I Got Music ~Haruno Sumire in Concert~

I Got Music ~Haruno Sumire in Concert~

A concert starring Haruno Sumire held in 2005.

Casino Royale -My Name's Bond-

Casino Royale -My Name's Bond-

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe 2023 production based on the novel by Ian Flemming. It’s 1968 and the world is in the grip of the Cold War centered on the United States and the Soviet Union. In Paris, anti-establishment protests known as “May 1968” break out, mainly among students and workers. After they are suppressed, the radicals merge into an underground organization that calls itself “The Red Army League.” At MI6, the pinnacle of British Secret Intelligence Service, secret agent James Bond, code name “007,” receives an order to neutralize a So...

Luna / Blue Moon Blue

Luna / Blue Moon Blue

On Crescent Island, off the coast of England, a new archaeological site is being excavated: the Lunar Palace. The tycho of Uranus Net Company, Brian Keyes, is sponsoring a beauty contest on the island to choose "a companion for the moon prince", based on local legends. Rock star Alex is invited out to judge the contest. While there he stumbles upon a necklace on the site. The female archaeologist Eileen demands the return of an important artifact, and sparks fly between their two stubborn personalities. Meanwhile we learn that Brian Keyes is...

All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King

All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King

It is 17th-century France, where Louis XIV, the "Sun King," reigns. The Musketeers, who answer to the king, diligently train themselves day in and day out to protect their liege and the state. Each of these highly skilled warriors also has a unique personality: Porthos is courageous and daring, Athos is calm and reassuring, Aramis is a ladies' man like none other in his time, while d'Artagnan is our invincible hero. All, meanwhile, are utterly proud and brave warriors.

Mind Traveller

Mind Traveller

A man wakes up in a hospital bed with no idea who he is.