Oyakoshinju - Deathbound

A young divorcee named Keiko moves from Hiroshima to America to start a new life with her ambitious husband. But when he takes a mistress and leaves her, Keiko takes drastic and irreversible actions to preserve her dignity and that of her children. A touching and poetically written study of the stultifying effect of traditional values on a Japanese woman. This searing drama reveals the clashing social values that drive a young Japanese mother living in Los Angeles to an act of desperation.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording featuring:

Shuko Akune as Keiko Owari

Jusak Bernhard as Petition Signer

Takayo Fischer as Keiko's Mother

Robert Ito as Yoshito Hojo

Peter A. Jacobs as Judicial Voice/Surfer

Robin Goodrin Nordli as American Neighbor

Yuki Okumoto as Ryuichi Owari

Randy Tanizawa as Child's Voice

Shari Tanizawa as Child's Voice

Directed by Peggy Shannon. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in July of 1991.