群ぐん像ぞう劇げき

noun

ensemble drama; multiprotagonist story

Refers to a narrative work (film, play, novel, etc.) that follows multiple main characters with parallel or interwoven storylines, rather than a single protagonist.

• この映えい画がは群ぐん像ぞう劇げきで、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつそれぞれの視し点てんから物もの語がたりが進すすむ。

  This film is an ensemble drama, and the story unfolds from the perspective of each character.

• 彼かれの新しん作さく小しょう説せつは、地ち方ほう都と市しを舞ぶ台たいにした群ぐん像ぞう劇げきだ。

  His new novel is an ensemble drama set in a regional city.