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Kinkakuji
Opening Date: Sep 11, 2025
Closing Date: Sep 20, 2025
Playing @
Japan Society
333 E 47 St, New York, NY 10022
Yukio Mishima’s tour de force novel is now adapted as a feverish stage spectacle, created by a distinctive international team consisting of Leon Ingulsrud, rising young Korean-American actor Major Curda and Berlin-based Chiharu Shiota, one of the most celebrated visual artists of her generation. Mishima’s spiraling psychological drama, based on a true and horrific post-war act of arson in which an alienated young Buddhist monk set fire to the sacred, gold-leaf clad 14th-century Kinkakuji temple, dissects the motivations of disaffected youths yearning to “burn it all down.” In this rare stage production of the novel, Curda stars as the titular monk under Ingulsrud’s direction, while Shiota’s starkly beautiful stage design–brought to the U.S. for the first time–offers an unprecedented level of immersion in a Mishima dreamscape.
Performance Schedule
Visit japansociety.org for full schedule.
Cast
- Major Curda
Written By
- Leon Ingulsrud & Major Curda
Director
- Leon Ingulsrud
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
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Never
Full-price tickets:
$30.00 - $70.00
Accessibility
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Restroom
Wheelchair accessible -
Elevator\Escalator
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Entrance
Entrance is on the ground floor. Other levels can be reached by elevator. -
Water Fountain
Wheelchair accessible -
Assisted Listening System
None -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair locations are available.
