English Title: I Won't Forget the Young Day's Song / Shining Rhythm!
Japanese Title: 若き日の唄は忘れじ / Shining Rhythm!
Romanized Title: Wakaki Hi no Uta wa Wasureji / Shining Rhythm!

Troupe: Snow
Year: 2013
Performances: Chunichi Theater, 02/05 - 02/28

I Won't Forget the Young Day's Song:

Based On: Fujisawa Shuuhei's "Semishigure (A Chorus of Cicadas)"
Author: Oozeki Hiromasa
Director: Oono Takuji
Composer: Nakamoto Kiyozumi, Takahashi Megumi
Choreographer: Yamada Taku, Nishizaki Mine

Shining Rhythm!:

Author/Director: Nakamura Kazunori
Composer: Nishimura Kouji, Kai Masato, Kuratomi Shinichi, Nakagawa Akira
Choreographer: Ieki Hiroshi, Hirasawa Satoshi, KAZUMI-BOY, Bryant Baldwin, Satou Chikanori

Available on DVD: Yes (release date 04/26/13)
DVD Scene/Music Cuts: No

Role	Cast
Maki Bunshirou (a young samurai, dishonored by his father's failed rebellion attempt)	Sou Kazuho
Fuku (Bunshiro's former love, later the concubine of the lord of the fief)	Manaka Ayu
Owada Ippei (Bunshirou's close friend)	Sagiri Seina
Ishiguri Yazaemon (master of Ishiguri dojo)	Asuka Yuu
Maki Sukezaemon (Bunshirou's father)	Natsumi You
Toyo (Bunshirou's foster mother, actually his aunt)	Rika Masumi
Fune (the lord's concubine)	Maisaki Rin
Chief Retainer Satomura Sanai	Souno Haruto
Shimazaki Yonosuke (Bunshirou's close friend)	Saou Kurama
Satake Kinjuurou (assistant instructor at the dojo)	Houshou Dai
Takebe Haruki (Rui's husband)	Renjou Makoto
The Lord	Kaon Yuuki
Kaji Oribe-no-Kami (uncle of the lord, younger brother and chief retainer of the former lord)	Karyou Shizuru
Toujirou (village official)	Asakaze Rei
Mio	Chikaze Karen
Masu	Konohana Inori
Tsune (nurse)	Shiranagi Suzu
Koyanagi Jinbei (Fuku's father)	Ouga Mitsuki
Rui (Bunshirou's older sister)	Toumi Sarasa
Yamane Seijirou (a young man antagonistic to Bunshirou)	Ayanagi Shou
Kotoyo	Shouno Chio
Emori	Asei Itsuki
Isogai Kazue (warrior accompanying Fuku)	Kujou Asu
Mitsu (Fuku's younger sister)	Amane Sara
O-Tora	Anno Konomi
O-Yo	Subaru Hanaka
Satake's wife	Meika Rara
Inukai Hyouma (a swordsman)	Tsukishiro Kanato
Hagi	Hoshino Anri
Shinkawa Matsusaburou	Kazushiro Runa
Setsu (Bunshirou's wife)	Yumeka Ami
Ishimoku Shirota	Tachibana Kou
Nakayama Moujuurou	Ou Ibuki
Kitamura	Towaki Sea

Other Cast (Snow): Shiramine Yuri, Hizakura Honori, Aoi Miki, Karen Emiri, Sara Anna, Mizusa Ruru

WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!

I Won't Forget the Young Day's Song

At 16, the young samurai Maki Bunshirou is in love with Fuku, a daughter of another good family. He spends his year working in the court as a page, and also training in sword-work in the dojo. Then one day his father is caught up in a failed rebellion against the lord and disgraced. After his father commits ritual suicide to atone, Bunshirou's life becomes much darker as his family lives in shame. He is separated from Fuku, who is sent to the capital, Edo. Slowly, Bunshirou begins to regain an honorable position. Then he begins to hear rumors that Fuku has become a concubine of a lord in Edo...

---

Shining Rhythm!

Light, shadow, excitement, joy - along with passion and dynamic movement! The stars of Snow Troupe, dancers and singers move with scintillating rhythms, and sparkle with power and enchantment in this magical dancing show! A new version of the March 2012 production performed by the the new Snow Troupe, centered on Sou Kazuho.

• Sou Kazuho's and Manaka Ayu's first performance as top stars.
• Saou Kurama's final performance as a member of Snow troupe.
• Wakaki Hi no Uta wa Wasureji was first performed by Star Troupe as a Grand Theater performance in 1994 with Shion Yuu and Shiraki Ayaka in the leads and again in 1995 with Asaji Saki at Chuunichi.
• Shining Rhythm! was first performed by the same troupe in 2012.

None yet.

Poster	DVD	VHS	CD
None Yet	None Yet	None Yet	None Yet