The Japan Foundation, New Delhi invites you to Drama Reading Event of Japanese Manga Comics – “NIRAV SANDHYA KA SHAHAR, SAKURA KA DESH”.

This book is Hindi translation of Japanese drama book – “Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms”, originally written by Ms. Fumiyo Kono, hindi translation being done by Japanese author Ms. Tomoko Kikuchi. This Manga Comic has also won Grand Prize for manga at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival and 2005 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Creative Award.

It is our tribute to all those who lost their valuable life in tragedy of atomic blast, on 6th August, 1945. The drama depicts the true picture of what happened in Hiroshima, Japan after the Atomic blast.

For this program, we are inviting some actors and actresses from National School of Drama(NSD), New Delhi to read out the stories from this book.

Date    : 6th August, 2014
Time   : 18:30 ~ 20:30
Venue : The Japan Foundation, New Delhi

Entry Free