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TV Broadcast of 「氷艶 hyoen 2017―破沙羅―」 [This is a TV Broadcast by NHK BS Premium. The discussion thread is here] Hyoen Basara A special show featuring ice skating and kabuki! The performance is more than just a collaboration. Using a skating rink as a stage, it will be a show that’s never been seen before. Incorporating beautiful, graceful, and expressive movements that can only be realized on ice, the production expresses Japanese beauty in a marvelous way. Projection mapping will be used for the stage effects, and exciting flying scenes known as ‘chūnori’’ in kabuki will also be seen during the show!! ‘Basara’, the story that will be performed, is a new work written especially for this occasion. Famous heroes and villains from various kabuki plays will appear and, jumping across the borders of story and time, a battle against good and bad will break out on ice. During the performance, kabuki actors will skate on ice, along with world class ice skaters! (Description source) Cast of Hyoen Role Portrayed by Nikki Danjô Ichikawa Somegorō VII Minamoto no Yoshitsune Daisuke Takahashi Goddess Ina Shizuka Arakawa Inagawa Hime Emiya Ichikawa II Yakkoedobei Sonosuke Sawamura 鬼佐渡坊 Hirotoro Ootani Sarutahiko later Musashibō Benkei Kikaku Nakamura II Shizuka Gozen Akiko Suzuki Ninigi no Mikoto Oda Nobunari Konohana no Sakuya Mai Asada Ame no Uzume Kanako Murakami Utagawa Kunisada Atsushi Ooshima 鳶頭彰吉 Akio Sasaki Yakko Ippei Seiichi Suzuki Konnoumaru Shibuya Shuuta Ebina Musical Performance DRUM TAO (I am sorry i couldn't transliterate some of these names... And i'm sure some are not correct but it was hard! I tried