Gekidan Kumo, meaning "The Cloud Theatre Company," to found their own company, the Cloud Theatre Company (
Gekidan Kumo). Fukuda was more conservative, and thought that
Shingeki had become too ideological. Under his direction, Gekidan Kumo performed numerous Shakespeare plays in Japanese translation, plays by western playwrights such as
Eugene O'Neill and
Bernard Shaw that Shingeki troupes had tended to ignore, and new plays written by Japanese playwrights. In 1975, Gekidan Kumo disbanded due to creative disagreements among its members, and in 1976, Fukuda and the majority of the troupe merged with another troupe, Gekidan Keyaki, to form the
Subaru Theatre Company (
Gekidan Subaru), which was also under Fukuda's direction. In honoring Fukuda's legacy, to this day Gekidan Subaru continues to prominently feature Shakespeare plays in Japanese translation. ==Notable members==