Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Kubo Sakae s Land of Volcanic Ash (Kazanbaichi) is recognized as the major socialist realist drama of pre-war Japan. The play, which describes the struggles of a reform-minded intellectual in the Hokkaido countryside, is based on events surrounding the famine of 1934. It has been described not only as Kubo Sakae s most representative work, but as the finest realist drama of the pre-war period."