Ken Kuboi of the Karagumi speaks to media about Juro Kara in front of the Aka Tent theater at Hanazono Shrine in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo on May 5, 2024. Juro Kara, Japanese avant-garde playwright, died for an acute subdural hematoma at the age of 84. Juro Kara was also theatre director, author, actor, and songwriter as the forefront of the Angura (underground) theatre movement in Japan.( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )