Shōsuke Nakawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shōsuke Nakawa

playwright and theater director

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1931

Place of Birth: Ōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 13-Oct-2014

Profession: playwright, theater director

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Shosuke Nakawa (????, Nakawa Shosuke, born 1931) is a Japanese playwright and theater director.
Under the name Yoshizo Nakagawa (????, Nakagawa Yoshizo), he serves as an advisor to the Shochiku Corporation which produces kabuki, and is heavily involved in reviving Kamigata kabuki traditions.
He is also head of the Kamigata Kabuki-juku (school) and actively works with actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III on reviving old kabuki plays Nakawa has been described as a walking dictionary of Kamigata kabuki information.Nakawa is originally from Osaka, and graduated from Osaka University.
He has been granted a number of awards, including the Otani Takejiro Award, Matsuo Performing Arts Award, Osaka Citizens' Public Recognition Cultural Services Award, and Osaka Performing Arts Award.Original plays he has written include Okuri hangan kurumagaido (???????, "Inspector Okuri's Interstate"), Haji-momiji ase no kaomise (???????, "Kaomise of Ashamed Autumn Leaves"), and Hitoritabi Gojusantsugi (???????, "One man journey, 53 Stations").