Name: Saint-Exupéry -The Pilot Who Became "The Little Prince"-
Director: Masasumi Tani
Genre: History
Released: 2012-10-10
Cast: Tomu Ranju, Ranno Hana, So Kazuho, Fuuto Nozomi, Seto Kazuya

All-male theater troupe plays a French pilot who talks to flowers. The gender-bending is just the appetizer.

gender-bending spectaclebiographical fantasialavish pageantry

Overview

History

Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe 2012 original musical based on the life and works of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Standout Aspects

Production

Takarazuka's signature aesthetic: impossible glamour on a biopic about wreckage.

Acting

Tomu Ranju's Saint-Ex balances boyish wonder with crushing self-destructiveness.

Costume

Flight gear as fetish object—leather bombers never looked this deliberately sexy.

Best for:Solo·Theater·Rewatch

Heads up:Emotional·Triggers

Director

Masasumi Tani

ReleasedOct 10, 2012

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Takarazuka Revue Productions

Top Cast

Tomu Ranju

Saint-Ex (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Ranno Hana

Consuelo Suncin

So Kazuho

Henri Guillaumet

Fuuto Nozomi

Horst Rippert

Seto Kazuya

Rufino

Toa Serika

Albert

Ayase Senna

Daisy

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Takarazuka's otokoyaku (male-role performers) tradition makes Saint-Ex's gendered creative struggles weirdly recursive—women performing masculinity performing artistic vulnerability.

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