Takarazuka Revue An Analysis of Its Reflections on Women' s Situation in Japan as Women's Utopia

Takarazuka Revue is a well-known group that all acted by women, performing both male and female roles from various cultural stories on stage. The existence of the Revue inspires the discussion about how much it affects womens position in the society since it formed in the last century. The improvement of female benefits taken by the Revue is evident to see from economic, personal, and social spheres throughout this literature review, which is why it is known as "women's utopia." Link to the local surrounding in Japan, women is still pressured by the patriarchy power by brainwashing and misunderstanding the term womens masculinity, however, it totally has a progressive development.