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CHIKA: A Documentary Performance

by Mayu Kanamori — last modified Jun 08, 2010 02:58 PM
This is the story of Chika Honda. Chika is a real person. She is a Japanese woman who spent a decade in Australian jails for a crime she has always insisted she did not commit. She was one of a Japanese tour group who were arrested for importation of heroin in 1992. She was released on parole in November 2002 and is now living in Japan.
When Mar 06, 2008 07:00 AM to
Mar 09, 2008 08:00 AM
Where Performance Space @ Carriageworks , 245 Wilson St Eveleigh, Sydney
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CHIKA is a multi-layered production and contemporary story telling, crossing genres of journalism, visual and performing arts, incorporating original live music, dance and narration, documentary images, archival video and recorded interviews.

It is the story of Chika Honda.

 

Chika Honda was born in Japan in 1956. In 1992 she joined a tour group to holiday in Australia. During a stop over in Malaysia, her suitcase was stolen, and was replaced by a local tour guide. When she arrived in Melbourne airport, she was arrested, charged, and convicted for importation of heroin. This case later became known as 'The Melbourne Case.'

Chika has maintained her innnocence of the crime she was convicted of.  She was released on parole in 2002 and was deported.

Chika Honda currently lives and works as a waitress in Japan. Her lawyers have written to the United Nations Human Rights Commission and are preparing an application for pardon.

More info:   

  • mayu.com.au/chika
  • performancespace.com.au
  • youtube.com/watch?v=CGcnOEpao9k

 

Artists: Mayu Kanamori, Yumi Umiumare, Tom Fitzgerald, Satsuki Odamura, Anne Norman, Toshinori Sakamoto, Andrei Shabunov, Nick Franklin, Malcolm Blaylock

 


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