上野公園

柳美里の『JR上野駅公園口』は前半東京に出稼ぎに行った東北人の不幸、後半東北にいて被災した人の悲惨な生が重ねて描かれる。上野公園が、舞台に使われるのは出稼ぎ主人公が最終的にホームレスになるからである。人生のレールから脱線する可能性は多々ある。高校中退、大学除籍、会社解雇、でもそこから違うレールに乗るチャンスが無い社会はいたたまれない。

Miri Ryu’s “JR Ueno Station Park Exit” depicts the misfortune of Tohoku people who went to work in Tokyo in the first half and the miserable lives of those who were affected by the disaster in the second half of Tohoku. Ueno Park is used for the stage because the migrant hero has eventually became homeless. There are many possibilities to derail from the rails of life. A society where you drop out of high school, drop out of college, are dismissed, but don’t have a chance to get on a different rail from there is unbearable.