5 men, 2 women

Okada's award-winning breakout piece follows several young people in Tokyo as they wind their way through a one-night stand (which turns into a five-night stand) and anti-war protests, during the start of the American war against Iraq. Okada perfectly captures the uneasy sense of apathy and impotence among the youth generation in Japan through his unique circuitous and hyper-colloquial language as well as through the mundane details in his story.

English language premiere produced by Witness Relocation at LaMama, directed by Dan Safer, in 2010.

Published in The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Drama.