Turnly Francis - Harajuku Girls - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: I don t know a girl who hasn t been groped on a train. There's always someone trying to cop a feel. Might as well get paid for it. On Jingu Bridge in Tokyo teenage girls dress in cosplay outfits for fun fashion and the fantasy of being someone else but for Mari Keiko and Yumi their schooldays are over In a race to escape from overbearing parents stifling dead - end jobs and economic deprivation they find their way to Kabukicho a district of panty shops love hotels and image clubs where every aspect of the body and soul can be bought and sold. Only they can decide how far they're willing to go. As the three young women grow up and apart they tread a dangerously fine line between empowerment and victimhood as they struggle to pursue their dreams despite the obstacles that society and tradition put in their way. A fascinating and ambitious play about adolescence independence and sexuality set in the colourful fascinating world of Japanese cosplay and style Harajuku Girls premiered at the Finborough Theatre London in February 2015.
Title: Harajuku Girls
Author(s): Turnly Francis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781474250757
Pages: 120 Pages
Publication Date: 3/17/2015
Series: Modern Plays
Category: Plays, Playscripts