Street gangs, government conspiracies, and the gayest trauma bond in stage history.
Ash Lynx, a 17-year-old boy, is the boss of a street-kids gang in New York. One day, a man who was murdered before his eyes entrusts him with something. And the last words uttered by that dying man was the phrase, "BANANA FISH". That is the word his brother, Griffin, often mutters. Ash has a destined encounter with Eiji, a kind Japanese boy who comes to New York as a cameraman assistant.
Acting
Mizue's Ash is feral grace wrapped in borrowed elegance.
Production
Stage adapts the manga's violence with brutal, balletic restraint.
Director
Fumiya Matsuzaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banana Fish is legendary queer manga canon; this 2021 stage version finally lets Ash and Eiji's bond breathe in physical space.
Second Part adapts the manga's brutal latter half where body counts rise and hope frays—fans called the live run 'collective trauma bonding.'
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