Shochiku New Comedy

Japanese: 松竹新喜劇 - しょうちくしんきげき

The name of the theater company. It was formed in December 1948 when Goro Geki (Soganoya Goro Ichiza) and Shochiku Kateigeki (Soganoya Jugo and others) were joined by Shibuya Tengai II and others. Following in the footsteps of the Soganoya Brothers Theater, which elevated Osaka niwaka (flashback) laughter to comedy, the company staged works by Goro (pen name Ikkai Gyojin), Jugo (Morinji Bunpuku), Tengai (Tate Naoshi), and others. After Jugo and others left the company one after another, Tengai became the leader, and his disciple Fujiyama Kanbi became the star performer. After Tengai fell ill in 1965, Kanbi became the leader, and the company gained a reputation as a popular theater company. Following the sudden death of Hiromi in May 1990, the theater company was reorganized and renamed "New Shochiku Shinkigeki" in the same year, and made a fresh start.

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Japanese:

劇団名。 1948年 12月，五郎劇 (曾我廼家五郎一座) と松竹家庭劇 (曾我廼家十吾ら) に，2世渋谷天外らが加わって結成された。大阪俄 (にわか) の笑いを喜劇に高めた曾我廼家兄弟劇の流れをくみ，五郎 (筆名，一堺漁人〈いっかいぎょじん〉) ，十吾 (茂林寺文福〈もりんじぶんぷく〉) ，天外 (館直志〈たてなおし〉) らの作品を上演。その後十吾らが相次いで退団，天外が中心となり，門下の藤山寛美が花形として活躍。 65年天外が病気で倒れたのちは寛美がリーダーとなり，人気劇団の名をはせた。 90年5月寛美の急死により劇団を改組し，同年「新生松竹新喜劇」と改称，再スタートを切った。

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