Ichikawa Ebizo(市川海老蔵) to make kabuki comeback for July

Shochiku(松竹) announced on Sunday that kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo(市川海老蔵) (33) will make his stage comeback with the July “Dai-Kabuki/大歌舞伎.” He will then also star in a new movie from director Miike Takashi(三池崇史) that will be released this October.

Ichikawa has been on a self-imposed break since his drunken bar brawl last November, in which he suffered severe injuries. Although his assailant was later arrested and pleaded guilty to charges of assault, Ichikawa is said to have provoked the man with his violent behavior.

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Ichikawa’s film project with Miike was actually announced last September. Now titled “Ichimei(一命),” the movie is a 3D remake of Kobayashi Masaki(仲代達矢)’s 1962 classic “Seppuku(切腹)” (known overseas as “Harakiri”). It will be the first jidaigeki film done in 3D.

More information about the film’s supporting cast will be released at a later date.

Source: tokyograph.com