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Actress Godai wants to convey war tragedy in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Japanese actress Godai performs one-woman play in N.Y.

Japanese actress Michiko Godai speaks during an interview ahead of the North American premiere of her one-woman tragicomedy "Yokohama Rosa" performed for two days from April 25, 2015, at the Japan Society in New York. Godai has been performing the monodrama, modeled after an elderly streetwalker in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, for almost two decades to convey the lasting impact of World War II on people's lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actress Godai performs one-woman "Yokohama Rosa" in New York

Actress Michiko Godai performs the one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" at the Japan Society in New York on April 25, 2015, in its first overseas staging. The play portrays the real life of a Japanese woman who had to work as a prostitute in Yokohama for officers of the U.S.-led occupation forces after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actress Godai performs one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in New York

Actress Michiko Godai performs the one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" at the Japan Society in New York on April 25, 2015, in its first overseas performance. The play portrays the real life of a Japanese woman who had to work as a prostitute in Yokohama for officers of the U.S.-led occupation forces after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Godai Tomoatsu

Godai Tomoatsu==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)